Kevin Tarr wrote:
> I started getting mail saying something from me was
> undeliverable. AVG said it had the myd**m v*r*s in it. AVG
> isn't finding the v*r*s anywhere else, just the mail coming in.
> Since them I'm getting messages coming in with the v*r*s. But
> I'm more confused by the returned mail. Is my computer sending
> out mail with me knowing it? Or is my mail being spoofed, it's
> being sent from somewhere else with my address? Or third option,
> is this a backwards way to get a person to open mail, it sends
> you a bogus e-mail claiming to be a delivery failure?
From what I understand, it's option two, with three as a side
effect. It infected somebody who has your email address in
their address book, then used that information to send itself
in your name to other systems. One of those other systems had
an automated virus scanner, that griped at you because the
virus it got claimed to be from you.
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