Yes, my Yahoo account is finding virus's like crazy. Some even pretend to be from Yahoo. They are all some variation of the W32xxxx viri. I'm getting nearly 100 attempts a day now, but thanks to Yahoo's program and mt Norton Internet Security program, none have made it. I think the penalty for knowingly sending viruses and spam should be death!!! Walter --- daryls_tv@xxxxxxx wrote: > This past week I received something posing as > coming from Yahoo. There wasn't an attachment > but my AV popped up stating it was a Trojan. I > don't remember the name because it was deleted > quite quickly. Later in the week another one > came in and again,there wasn't an attachment. > Scary to say the least. Sure can't do without > the AV protection. > Daryl > Daryl's TV > 2402 Wyoming Ave. > El Paso, TX 79903 > daryls_tv@xxxxxxx > www.angelfire.com/tv2/daryls_tv > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, 01 May 2004 02:08:17 -0400 > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Is this a legitimate > V*rus warning? > > > Bil, I keep getting the Netsky vir*s every day > about 25 times a day and > > quite often the title is something regarding a > vir*s alert. They are > > tricky, in that instead of naming Norton > Antivirus, they call it > > something similar such as Morman Antivirus. > They try to make the message > > appear as though it came right from Symantec > with an attachment > > containing the latest virus definitions (which > is really the vir*s, of > > course) > > > > > > > > > > > > Gary McCartney > > > > McCartney Electronics > > Guelph Ontario Canada > > Est. 1984 > > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Bil Green wrote: > > > > > > Has anyone received a message like this one? > Since viruses often > > > grab your address from someone else's address > book, why would an > > > autoresponder bother to send you this type of > warning? Of course > > > I scan by system regularly and my antiv*rus > is updated more than > > > once per day lately (and has been cleaning > every single infected > > > attachment) > > > > > > I did a search for this warning and e-mail > address before posting > > > this. No mention of it being bogus. BTW, I > have been trying to > > > send this e-mail out and it won't go. Deleted > a long string of > > > letters at the bottom of the message. Maybe > this time it will work. > > > > > > From: SpamAssassin <postmaster@xxxxxxx> > > > Subject: VIRUS (W32/Bagle.aa@MM) IN MAIL FROM > YOU > > > > > > VIRUS ALERT > > > > > > Our content checker found > > > virus: W32/Bagle.aa@MM > > > in your email to the following recipients: > > > -> Nesdanet@xxxxxxx > > > -> archive@xxxxxxx > > > > > > Please check your system for viruses, > > > or ask your system administrator to do so. > > > > > > Delivery of the email was stopped! > > > > > > For your reference, here are headers from > your email: > > > ------------------------- BEGIN HEADERS > ----------------------------- > > > Received: from fw5in.ued.net (fw5in.ued.net > [192.168.2.253]) > > > by mail2.ued.net (Postfix) with ESMTP > id D1BF415C64 > > > for <Nesdanet@xxxxxxx>; Fri, 30 Apr > 2004 06:42:40 -0500 (CDT) > > > Received: from pavilion.net > (va-spotsy-cuda1-c2a-232.frbgva.adelphia.net > [68.65.33.232]) > > > by fw5in.ued.net (Postfix) with SMTP > id 87D23CF1F > > > for <Nesdanet@xxxxxxx>; Fri, 30 Apr > 2004 06:35:25 -0500 (CDT) > > > Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 07:37:54 -0500 > > > To: "Nesdanet" <Nesdanet@ued.> > > > From: "Tv.vcrrepair" > <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Subject: Protected message > > > Message-ID: <ziehhuqkzhbjlbdpwgj@xxxxxxx> > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; > > > boundary="--------(long string of > letters removed by me [Bil])" > > > -------------------------- END HEADERS > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Bil Green > > > PC 1000 > > > Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 > > > 760-924-1000 > mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Lost Password: > > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > > > Email Archives: > > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > -- > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > > > -- > ___________________________________________________________ > Sign-up for Ads Free at Mail.com > http://promo.mail.com/adsfreejump.htm > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login > Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ===== Walter Wood Future Tech Home Center 2786 Hwy. 43 N. 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