[muglo] Re: Do you still have my old address? (virus question)
- From: Gerhard Kuhn <gerhardk@xxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 20:39:59 -0400
http://aroundcny.com/technofile/texts/bit080702.html
something to read that may shed some light on this.
Gerhard
On Jun 7, 2004, at 6:42 PM, Garth Phillips wrote:
> Not quite the whole story...
>
> Whilst you may not suffer any real damage from a virus, if it is the
> kind that uses your address book to mail itself to everyone, it can in
> fact propogate itself. You will notice your e-mail getting slower and
> slower (unless you use webmail) each time you pick up your mail as the
> virus is sending itself out.
>
> I had one of these and until I managed to get it out of my system (it
> was buried in an Entourage sub-folder called "saved attachments") it
> was taking me almost 10-minutes to complete my mail pick-up each day.
> Add to that the many "thank-yous" I got from people I sent the virus
> to... you get he picture.
>
> Garth.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Hi Doug
>
> Unless you forward an infected e-mail the PC virus cannot propagate on
> it's own from a Mac. These viruses are executable programs that run
> on the PC but are unable to run in the Mac's OS. What is happening
> more than likely is that your address is being spoofed as the return
> address by an infected PC.
>
> Gerhard
>
>
> On Monday, June 07, 2004, at 11:52AM, doug rogers <dougsamu@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi. This is being sent to all the addresses in my address book.
>>
>> My old address 'samu@xxxxxxxxxx' continues to be used for transmission
>> of
>> Viruses. It *may* yet be possible that someone still has that address
>> in
>> their address book, and also has a Virus which is being spread.
>>
>> Most viruses trapped in my ISP's VirusGuard filter are sourced from
>> overseas, Italy, mostly, but many are being returned from local
>> businesses, and Ontario business, to the 'samu' address.
>>
>> I am asking again that you check that 1) my old address no longer
>> exists
>> in your address books, and 2) that you be certain that your system is
>> clean of viruses.
>>
>> Yes, Mac users, Microsoft email products *can* transmit PC viruses,
>> though they do not affect your Mac OS. They might be a .vcf or .exe
>> attachment.
>>
>> Removing my address ensures that it will no longer be used to spread
>> viruses (which I would certainly favour), but won't stop the virus
>> from
>> using other addresses. PC users, please keep your Virus protection
>> utility up to date.
>>
>>> <http://home.golden.net/~samu> <
>>> There's a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in. <
>>
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