[TechAssist] Re: Is this a legitimate V*rus warning?

  • From: Bil Green <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Intrepid Video Support <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 10:56:59 -0700

Thanks. Is it always OK to open the message.att attachment?


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Best regards,
 
 Bil Green 
 PC 1000
 Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
 760-924-1000                           mailto:tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx

Saturday, May 1, 2004, 5:39:36 AM, you wrote:

IVS> Bil,
IVS> The vir*s spoofed your email address and sent it to that Nesda address, 
which is why YOU got the warning.
IVS> I never heard of the email address(@ued.com), but it must be good if you 
got a bounce from it.

IVS> Jeff
IVS> --
IVS> Intrepid Video TV/VCR Repair
IVS> 263 S Front St, Steelton PA 17113
IVS> 717-939-7708; (F) 717-564-4952
IVS> www.intrepid-video.com  www.tech-repair.net
IVS> ----- Original Message ----- 
IVS> From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
IVS> To: ".TECHASSIST @ freelists . org" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
IVS> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 11:07 PM
IVS> Subject: [TechAssist] Is this a legitimate V*rus warning?


IVS> Has anyone received a message like this one? Since viruses often
IVS> grab your address from someone else's address book, why would an
IVS> autoresponder bother to send you this type of warning? Of course
IVS> I scan by system regularly and my antiv*rus is updated more than
IVS> once per day lately (and has been cleaning every single infected
IVS> attachment)

IVS> I did a search for this warning and e-mail address before posting
IVS> this. No mention of it being bogus. BTW, I have been trying to
IVS> send this e-mail out and it won't go. Deleted a long string of
IVS> letters at the bottom of the message. Maybe this time it will work.


IVS> From: SpamAssassin <postmaster@xxxxxxx>
IVS> Subject: VIRUS (W32/Bagle.aa@MM) IN MAIL FROM YOU

IVS> VIRUS ALERT

IVS> Our content checker found
IVS>     virus: W32/Bagle.aa@MM
IVS> in your email to the following recipients:
->> Nesdanet@xxxxxxx
->> archive@xxxxxxx

IVS> Please check your system for viruses,
IVS> or ask your system administrator to do so.

IVS> Delivery of the email was stopped!


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