Virus in attachment
I have received 1 with the me_naked.avi.pif It went into the trash bin Scott
At the risk of a 'me too" posting, I got it too... Attachment New_Napster_Site.DOC.scr was Quarantined for the following reasons: Virus UNAUTHORIZED FILE was found. Seems like a different one each time. Is this a new way to disguise viruses? jm At 11:56 AM -0400 4/18/01, SMcGrath@dhhs.state.nh.us wrote:
I have received 1 with the me_naked.avi.pif
It went into the trash bin
Scott
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Jon Mansey wrote:
At the risk of a 'me too" posting, I got it too...
Attachment New_Napster_Site.DOC.scr was Quarantined for the following reasons: Virus UNAUTHORIZED FILE was found.
Seems like a different one each time. Is this a new way to disguise viruses?
I've been noticing an increasing number of spams coming in as infected with viruses. I wonder if this is: 1) Accidental, in that their spam mail got unwittingly infected on the spam-originating host 2) deliberate, in an attempt infect spam victoms 3) delibertate on the part of some mischevious hacker, as an attempt to flag spammers by infecting them with email viruses, hoping to ruin them and their spamming exercises by letting victoms' servers bounce back spam through some anti-virus software they installed. Hmmm....anti-virus software as a tool against spam. Who woulda thought?
jm
At 11:56 AM -0400 4/18/01, SMcGrath@dhhs.state.nh.us wrote:
I have received 1 with the me_naked.avi.pif
It went into the trash bin
Scott
wfms
On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:29:59PM -0400, William F. Maton wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Jon Mansey wrote:
At the risk of a 'me too" posting, I got it too... [snip]
See Kai's post; the warning clearly points to all the files you all "me too"d. It isn't spam, just standard using-lousy-OS-and-tools problem. Don't go out of your way to make it out to be a bigger deal than it is; someone reading old mail on an infected machine. Clobber it, whine to the postmaster, whatever, but use Occams razor or "never ascribe to malice...", etc. Plonking this thread in fear it will keep going, Joe -- Joe Provo Voice 508.486.7471 Director, Internet Planning & Design Fax 508.229.2375 Network Deployment & Management, RCN <joe.provo@rcn.com>
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