viruses

[R. StJohn]

--- Michael Eisenstadt <michaele@HotPOP.com> 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
> > 
> Michael,
     Harry is not the only one receiving these virus
files.  I get maybe as many as five or six a week,
usually Netsky or W32 Beagle.  They are apparently
from Ghetto list members but the addresses are always
truncated.  For example one came in last week
purported to be from "Michael".  Go figure.
                                                      
             R. P.


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