[bksvol-discuss] Re: Viruses
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 11:59:03 -0700 (PDT)
Yes, I've been having this problem, i.e., mail
returned or not being able to be delivered--to places
to which I've never sent mail. My returns aren' t
from blind sources, though, or lists, though a couple
have been from topica.com. They've been from
addresses of which I've never heard, some from
Germany. They go into the Bulk mail, which I could
ignore, except that every once in a while something
gets put in there that doesn't belong, so I always
check my Bulk mail.
Cindy
--- Sarah Van Oosterwijck
<curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry this is off topic, but I am wondering if
> anyone else has this
> problem, or maybe is being annoyed with faked
> messages from me.
>
> Someone or some people I have written to must have a
> virus because I am
> being driven completely crazy by messages saying my
> E-mail could not be
> delivered or could not be posted to a list because I
> am not a member.
> The problem is with two out of my three E-mail
> addresses. I have done a
> huge amount of checking of my computer just in case,
> but I didn't think
> it was me, and the messages returned from addresses
> I have never used
> seems to confirm my opinion. Quite a lot of the
> returned mail went to
> various blindness related list serves, so that also
> narrows down the
> possible causer(s).
> I suggest everyone do some checking with a virus
> scanner, a spyware
> detector, and if possible a good firewall program
> that warns of attempts
> by any program to access the Internet without
> permission.
>
> I know I am attempting to get along with zone alarm
> again, because I've
> been collecting a lot of junk lately, and that is
> dispite extreme
> caussion.
> Still there is no way I can stop my current problem
> because I can't
> really just block all returned mail, because
> sometime the message will
> be genuine and I'll need to know that my message
> didn't get through.
>
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 8:43 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Viruses
>
>
> > The other day I got one of these messages saying
> my PayPal account was
> > going to be suspended because of suspicious
> account activity, and
> > please go to the link provided to reactivate it.
> I thought it was a
> > very conscientious bit of nonsense, especially as
> I have no Paypal
> > account.
> > I'm also amused weekly by the wives and sons of
> former African despots
> > that feel that I am exactly the right person to
> help them in moving
> > and investing the funds their now dead patron
> managed to embezzle from
> > his government. In reflection, I now wonder at my
> own character as
> > they seem to believe I am the exact person to help
> them in their
> > duplicity.
> > I have to say though, my all time favorite for
> this type of
> > potentially destructive e-mail is the one that
> circulates every 2 or 3
> > years, and I can only describe it as a
> do-it-yourself virus, or maybe
> > we should start a new category for this one and I
> think prion would be
> > better suited, as it has more in common with Mad
> Cow Disease rather
> > than the flu. The message reports a virus that
> has been circulated,
> > and it encourages you to check your hard drive for
> a couple of files
> > which you should delete if you find them. The
> files in fact, have
> > nothing to do with a virus, and are Windows system
> files. The success
> > of this type of message just shows the trusting
> nature, or perhaps
> > gullibility of some.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > At 01:06 AM 5/19/2005, you wrote:
> >>Hi, Cindy. You won't get a response from Yahoo,
> either. *smile*
> >>They're not
> >>known for their responsiveness. Yes, I've gotten
> those same messages
> >>saying
> >>SBC was going to suspend my account. No, they're
> not. *smile* They're
> >>viruses and also some of them are fishing scams,
> trying to get you to
> >>go
> >>enter your information on a bogus site, so just be
> careful, and you'll
> >>be
> >>fine. *smile* Take care.
> >>Julie Morales
> >>inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email):
> >>mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Skype: mercy0421
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 9:39 PM
> >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Viruses
> >>
> >>
> >>Thanks, Julie.
> >>
> >>Peter sent out a warning about the benetech
> >>threatening our accounts. I've received one for
> Yahoo.
> >>I'm assuming it's a virus message like the one
> Peter
> >>said was being sent from benetech because it went
> to
> >>my bulk mail and not my regular mail. Surely if
> Yahoo
> >>was going to suspend my account for some unknown
> >>reason they wouldn't put the message in my bulk
> mail
> >>folder. It doesn make me a bit nervous, though.
> I've
> >>written to the yahoo administrator or service
> person
> >>but so far no response.
> >>
> >>Cindy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>--- Julie Morales <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi, Cindy. There's something about viruses that
> >> > everyone needs to know. Just
> >> > because an email address seems to come from an
> >> > address you think you know
> >> > doesn't mean that it really came from that
> address,
> >> > and more importantly, it
> >> > doesn't even mean that person with that address
> has
> >> > a virus. When someone
> >> > gets a virus, that virus attaches itself to any
> >> > email addresses it finds on
> >> > the computer, and they're able to send out
> viruses,
> >> > making it look like it
> >> > came from any one of those addresses when it
> really
> >> > didn't. This means that,
> >> > even if the address looks familiar, that
> doesn't
> >> > mean that's the person with
> >> > the virus. I hope this made sense. *smile* I've
> >> > gotten pretty good at
> >> > telling whether something is a virus based on
> >> > several things. First, if the
> >> > subject line looks strange, I delete it,
> attachment
> >> > or not. Second, if the
> >> > attachment is pretty sizable, I delete it, and
> if
> >> > the address looks like one
> >> > I know and there is an attachment but I'm not
> >> > expecting it, I write the
> >> > person from within a new, separate message to
> find
> >> > out if they sent me
> >> > something before I opened it. Take care.
> >> > Julie Morales
> >> > inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email):
> >> > mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> > Skype: mercy0421
> >> > --
> >>
> >>__________________________________________________
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > No virus found in this incoming message.
> > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 -
> Release Date: 5/19/2005
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.13 -
> Release Date: 5/19/2005
>
>
>
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