Virus

[Lester Bailey]

I have just received an email supposedly from paul@concertina.net which contained the Netsky virus . Be on the alert.

Edited June 18, 2004 by Lester Bailey

[Steven]

That doesn't mean it came from Paul, of course. Netsky takes a random address from the contact list of the infected person and uses that as the From address, rather than the actual address it's coming from. Makes it hard or impossible to track.

 

However, it does mean that someone who has Paul in their address book has an infected computer, and they clearly have at least one other member's address (Lester's), so it's true that people should be wary of messages with attachments.

 

Steven

[CnetAdmin]

My email address is in about a zillion address books, so of course you'll likely see emails with virus attachements which look like they come from me (I myself get several dozen a day!).

 

I use plenty of up-to-date virus protection software of course (on my server and client).

 

Paul