[bksvol-discuss] Re: Viruses
- From: "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 20:36:33 -0700
Hi, Sarah. I wouldn't worry about it. I've been getting more and more
messages like that, too, and it is unnerving and frustrating and just about
drives us to distraction sometimes, but someone has your address on their
computer somewhere and that person picked up a virus, so that virus spoofed
your address, and that's why it's looking like you sent messages you really
didn't. I wish there was something we could do to stop those messages from
coming, but I don't suppose we can, since those undeliverable mail programs
really do think the messages came from you. It's frustrating, I know. Good
luck, and if you do find a solution, let us know! *smile* Take care.
Julie Morales
inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email):
mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx
Skype: mercy0421
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Viruses
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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