mail washerbshows you all the mail the mail server has so you can see it before you download to your mail program The AV would scan it without you seeing it until it was loaded. ----- Original Message ----- From: "cristy" <juneybug2004@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 4:50 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: new worm Hi milady, Whats the difference between a mail washer and what your antivirus program is supposed to do when scanning your emails for viruses. Thanks, Cristy > [Original Message] > From: milady <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 10/23/2004 6:44:55 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: new worm > > in otherwords it would be advisable to have a mail washer so you can delete > stuff BEFORE it leaves the server... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bashful Bob" <Bashfulbob@xxxxxxx> > To: "PCTT" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 1:57 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- new worm > > > Hi > I just got a new worm in a attachment to a message that states: > If the message will not displayed automatically, > you can check original in attached message.txt > > Failed message also saved at: > www.xvi.net/inbox/security/read.asp?sessionid-24179 > (check attached instructions) > > +++ Attachment: No Virus found > +++ MC-Afee AntiVirus - www.mcafee.com > *************** > The attachment is named message.txt. The subject line on the email I receive > said " Mail delivery failure - with my email addy". > > I do not remember opening it and it took affect. Norton's said it could not > quarantine it. I immediately pulled the telephone wire from my DSL modem and > got a lot of Norton's advisers that emails where being sent. I did an update > of Norton's anyway and ran scans. It found nothing. > > I think pulling the wire saved me. > > Might want to be on the watch for it. Sorry I did not get its name. > > Life is what happens in between plans. > > Virus free email by Norton's > This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and/or entity to > which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, > confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are > not the addressee, or authorized to receive this on behalf of the addressee, > you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute > to anyone this message or any part thereof. If you have received this in > error, please immediately advise the sender by e-mail and delete this > information. Thank you > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > For more info: > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk