That is one of several of its propagation methods. It uses faked mail delivery failure notices among other methods to try to trick people into opening the attached file. Another posibility is that it used your email address as a false "from" address from an infected computer's address book, and the message went to a dead email address, resulting in a bounce to you.
You can find out more about that and other viruses at : http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/ Or any number of other antivirus sites. Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 2:32 PM Subject: v*r*s question > 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? > > More than a few have come from ASU, I'm assuming Arizona State but I know > no one there. > > Thanks in Advance > > Kevin T. - VRWC > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.577 / Virus Database: 366 - Release Date: 2/3/2004 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
