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Re: [OT] e-mail account hi-jacked?


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: Re: [OT] e-mail account hi-jacked?
  • From: "Rob Lamb" <rjl@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 19:12:00 -0000
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  • Reply-to: ukha_d@xxxxxxx

Thanks for the advice but no virus found and all machines are
running up to date anti-virus software. It's a real PITA as I do
sometimes get some genuine ones when I've got an address wrong.
Spamnet is coping with it but I still have to check them in case
it's a legitimate one.

Rob

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, <mrf@p...> wrote:
> It's a virus. W32.Sven or something like that. You'll probably be
getting
> microsoft patches too ? Just delete em, and be sure to scan your
PC.
>
>
>
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@xxxxxxx.
..
>
> Cheers
>
> Marc
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Rob Lamb [mailto:rjl@xxxxxxx...]
>   Sent: 22 September 2003 14:09
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] e-mail account hi-jacked?
>
>
>   Since the weekend I've been receiving a shed load of
"undelivered
>   mail" automated responses to mail that I've never sent from
generic
>   but different addresses at one of my domains. Is this something
to
>   be worried about or has someone just jumped on an address
bandwagon
>   and is spoofing the addresses?
>
>   Has anyone else had this problem?
>
>   Rob
>
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