At 10:04 AM 12/24/03 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, >I am protected by AVG and has an updated vir*s dat >file. >Is it possible to be infected without even opening an >email with attachment? >where did it gets its address to send mass mail? >I'm not using MS outlook or any other mailer >software,just Yahoo mail and I only got about 10 >addresses from my address book.
The problem is that the original E-mail didn't come from your system. It came from someone else's system that has your address in THEIR address book. The virus send the E-mail from their system but put your address in the return field. When the message bounced it was returned to your address. Basicly there's nothing you can do to stop stuff like this except find out who's system it came from and have them get rid of the virus. But there's no easy way to find out who's system it came from. You have check every system that has your address in their address book. That might be possible if you only have a few people that E-mail you. If you have regular contact with a lot of people then it's impossible to check all their systems. A possible clue to the id of the offending system would be if you get an infected E-mail from them. Using Yahoo mail and AVG can stop YOUR system from doing this but it won't do anything to prevent other people's systems from sending out infected messages with YOUR address. Joe -- Author: Joe INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
