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

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Rob,

Its more likely someone you know who has the Virus.

The current crop of virii pick random addresses from the address book on
the
infected computer and use one address as the "FROM" and then send
nasty
infected emails to the other addresses it finds. This means that someone
totally innocent gets blamed as the originator of the virus :-(

Keith

www.diyha.co.uk
www.kat5.tv


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Lamb [mailto:rjl@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 22 September 2003 20:12
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: [OT] e-mail account hi-jacked?
>
>
> 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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