Re[2]: FN-FORUM: [OT] W32.Sobig.F@mm

date posted 21st August 2003 10:20

Lindsey,

The from part of the virus email is faked - all you can say is that
the email originated from someone who had both your address and this
yahoo.com address on their machine. See
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/32434.html for more details

-- Richard
http://www.rwatt.co.uk

Thursday, August 21, 2003, 10:37:06 AM, you wrote:
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LH> I just had a 'return to sender postmaster failure' email with the
LH> following on:

>> A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
>> recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
>>
>> [EMAIL REMOVED]
>> This message has been rejected because it has
>> an apparently executable attachment "details.pif"
>> This is a virus prevention measure.
>> If you meant to send this file then please
>> package it up as a zip file and resend it.
>> If you did not send this message originally
>> it is likely that a virus falsely used your
>> address.

LH> Does this mean I've got the virus or someone sending me something has it?

LH> Strange, because it says on the Symantec page that Macintosh is exempt.
LH> My ISP is supposed to block viruses as well.


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