Virus

Discussion in 'Fred's House of Pancakes' started by ammiels, Mar 10, 2004.

  1. ammiels

    ammiels New Member

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    an email I just got subj re your picture from priusnut04@y...
    has a virus.Peace, ammiel
     
  2. daniel

    daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb

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    Virus emails these days generally have a spoofed "from" field. I also got a virus email with the subject line "Re: your picture."

    It pays to keep your antivirus software up to date. But also never to open attachments unless you are positive about what they are, as a new virus might not be in the antivirus database yet, and could get by your antivirus software.

    One such got past my ISP and my Norton AV once. Fortunately I didn't open it (never do) and only the next day read about it and recognized the spoof (claiming to be a bounced undeliverable message).

    Beware attachments, even when they appear to come from someone you know!