viruses

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Harry,

Thanks for promptly getting back to us about 
your computer setup.

Do keep us in the loop if you get additional 
malicious email. I suggest that you make a 
note of the exact address(es) they seem to be 
coming from as this may be helpful in tracking
down the perp(s).

Mike the manager

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Harry Edwards" <laughingwolf@ev1.net>
To: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:57 PM
Subject: Re: viruses


> Michael,
> 
> I have an eMac with the latest Norton Antivirus software. I scanned my 
> computer earlier this afternoon,
> and it is uninfected.
> 
> I do not use Outlook Express. I use the Apple browser, Safari and 
> Everyone's Internet for email.
> 
> My tech support human sez that if someone is using e-addresses from my 
> address book, I would be
> getting "Message Undeliverable" error messages.
> 
> I only notify AGL as a precaution.
> 
> Harry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 10, 2004, at 10:07 AM, Michael Eisenstadt wrote:
> 
> > Harry,
> >
> > I think you have an infected computer because
> > no one else is receiving these viruses.
> >
> > I think what is happening is that your computer
> > unbeknownst to you has a malicious program
> > installed which has access to your address
> > book, probably in Outlook Express, and is
> > periodically sending out viruses to the
> > addresses in the address book.
> >
> > On a possibly related subject, I discarded
> > 3 viruses 2 days ago which had been
> > automatically flagged to me by the pairlist.net
> > software. One of the viruses showed the
> > sender's address to be
> > ghetto2-owner@whathelps....
> >
> > Harry, are you using Outlook Express? This
> > popular email program is known to get infected
> > by various malicious viruses or worms which
> > replicate by using the host's address book.
> >
> > Is austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net one of the
> > addresses in your address book?
> >
> > You write: > They have all come through AGL
> >
> > Look a little closer. You will see that they DONT
> > come from austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net,
> > rather they are coming from
> > austin-ghetto-list-administrator@pairlist.net
> >
> > This would be an automatic bounce by the
> > pairlist.net software back to the sender of
> > an email with a virus in it. That's why only
> > you are receiving your own email bouncing
> > back to you. And why no one else is receiving
> > them.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Mike the manager
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Harry Edwards" <laughingwolf@ev1.net>
> > To: "ghetto survivors" <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 7:09 AM
> > Subject: viruses
> >
> >
> >> Beware all you ghetto survivors.
> >>
> >> In less than 3 hours, I've received 4 different virus mails (from 9:28
> >> pm yesterday to 12:14 this morning).
> >>
> >> They have all come through AGL and have had the addresses of Wayne
> >> Johnson, Margot McGann, and Powell, among others. Subjects were: "New
> >> Changes, " "Document," "Hello," and "Hi."
> >>
> >> Watch out for the ones with attachments and no text.
> >>
> >> Take care,
> >> Harry
> >>
> >
> >
>