20223 had no virus, nor could it have as it's a plain text message with no attachments.
I've received that same message two or three times -- the first time at least 24 hours before you sent 20223. Someone's been harvesting email addresses, then sending out a virus message using the harvested addresses as spoofed sender addresses. Because more than one of us has received that warning message (which appears to be genuine), it looks as if the virus propagation program has compromised the security of the University of Colorado list server. Note that I've sent Don Hillger a direct copy of this message to alert him to the possible problem Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of kilopascal > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 10:51 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:20225] Fw: [GWAVA:1t3pbgqy] Virus detect message > notification > > > 2002-05-26 > > I just received this message! Did anyone receive USMA:20223 with a virus > attached? Since this was a response to USMA: 20221, that may > also have been > the source. > > My outgoing mail is checked, and no virus was detected. Please > let me know! > > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "GWAVA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2002-05-26 13:50 > Subject: [GWAVA:1t3pbgqy] Virus detect message notification > > > > A virus has been detected in a message originating from your e-mail > > address. You may want to contact your system administrator for > > assistance. > > > > > > Information about the problem message: > > > > FROM: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".LOYOLA_GWIA.GWINTMAIL > > TO : [No To Addresses] > > CC : [No Cc Addresses] > > BCC: AKS.Evergreen.KNOTT > > > > Subject: [USMA:20223] Re: Global America > > > > Attachment Name: > > > > > > > > >
