[bookshare-discuss] Re: [bksvol-discuss] Warning? Viruses from benetech?
- From: "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:29:17 -0700
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
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 10:18 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Warning? Viruses from benetech?
Today I received in my Bulk Mail (where suspected SPAM
goes) a message from benetech.org. The from address
was Info@xxxxxxxxxxxx,and the subject was my password
-- as an attachment. I deleted it, along with the
other items (I've never received so many before) in
the bulk mail (12) because it looked suspicious to me.
There was one item yesterday I did open--I clicked on
the attachment because the from address was one I
recognized and, more important, because my mail checks
attachments first for viruses. Sure enough, the
attachment contained a virus and my mail (Yahoo)
wouldn't open it, so I was safe.
I suspect the benetech.org item had a virus, and if
any of you openedit or anything similar, you mayhave
the virus and it may have attached itself to all your
outgoing mail.. If the benetech message about my
password is legit, Marissa, please let us know.
Cindy R
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