Re: NANFA-- OT-My doom virus

Joshua L Wiegert (JLW_at_dune.net)
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 23:21:56 -0500

The MyDoom Virus does that.
It spoofs your e-mail address if you're ins omeone's e-mail box.

So, if you e-mail me, and I have the virus, I can potentially send the virus
under your name to people I know that you don't. Don't worry about hte
warnings.

Goto http://housecall.antivirus.com -- there's a free checker there for
viruses, by PC-Cillin

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----- Original Message ----- From: <Moontanman_at_aol.com> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 11:09 PM Subject: Re: NANFA-- OT-My doom virus

> In a message dated 1/30/04 5:16:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, > archimedes_at_bayspringstel.net writes: > > > Moon, are you in the habit of opening executables attached to your emails? > > Nope not at all but I keep getting a couple messages a day saying I tired to > send a message with virus in it. But the people I supposedly sent it to are > people I never heard of. > > moon

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