As it happens, the same virus hit me again from another source yesterday. The odd thing was that when I first got it, it was *not* attached to a bogus message, but to a legitimate message from this list. Must attach itself in transit.
K > At 00:44 +0200 2003-07-19, Adam Twardoch wrote: > >From: "Michael Everson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >This merely means that somebody has a virus who had both Michael and Roozbeh > >in his/her address book. > > > >People who believe that e-mails with a particular name in the From field > >must come from that very person can be called, ehem, naiive. > > That's an interesting way of writing the diaeresis on na�ve, Adam. :-) > > >This particular virus sends itself around, identifying the sender as one of > >various addresses from the infected person's address book. In addition, the > >virus swaps the usernames and domains around, so addresses such as > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] are created. > > > >So, basically, it means that the virus probably comes from a person who: > >1. Is in Singapore. > >2. Has following entries in the address book: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >3. Uses Microsoft Windows. > > > >Anybody ring a bell? > > James Seng? > -- > Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com > >
