I've had hundreds of these!!! What seems to happen with this Mydoom virus is that once it has commandeered someone's address book it sends out viruses that purport to come from the names in the address book. So - if your address is in someone's address book and they get the virus - your name goes out to hundreds of people - who all think you've sent them a virus.
Of course the next thing is you start getting e-mails from total strangers either a) telling you that you sent them a virus or b) telling you that they are out of the office at the moment Blinking nuisance. You then start getting viruses sent to you but with the name not quite right - if your address works like the Freeserve one - ie my address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] but in fact the first word could be anything - so [EMAIL PROTECTED] works equally well. So I get viruses sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] admin@ pzone... etc Hope this helps. By the way I have 379 unread Fluxlist e-mails. I really must read them! Love to all Roger PS Haven't had many card game rules yet... come on......... PPS NP Far From Enough - Viktor Krauss XXX The Poetry Zone http://www.poetryzone.co.uk Danny Chaucer http://www.dannychaucer.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 March 2004 10:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FLUXLIST: viruseless Sorry to post something somewhat unrelated to the list and the nature thereof, but I thought that perhaps somewhere out there, amongst that great wealth of talent and knowledge that is Fluxlist (oh look! flattery to detract from the non-fluxlisty nature of this message), there is the answer I am looking for. After the strange message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] and another reporting an infected file I had sent to an address I don't even have, this morning I was checking an old email address (my old Libero one). Amongst the spam there was a mail delivery notice reporting the non delivery of an infected file to an address I've never seen before. This account is web-based, therefore doesn't go through Outlook, or any other mail prog - on this website based email I have no stored addresses. I understand that some viruses clone addresses but are usually propogated through ms progs such as outlook. My pc is heavily protected with anti-virus and firewall stuff and I have run current checks for the new viruses (checking registries etc) and as far as I can see I am clear. Do I have a problem or is someone just using my addresses? So far I have recieved 3 notifications of problems 2 for 2 seperate email addresses which go through Outlook and one web-based one - none of which make sense as there is no proof in each case of any activity on my part. My concern is that I have a problem that I cannot find and that I'mm passing it on through my quite large address book. Any help would be greatly appreciated (offlist) Thanks for you patience Alan ----------------------------------------------------------- Spazio ILLIMITATO per la tua Email, Scanner Antivirus, Antispam, Backup e POP3. Prova la nuova Email di superEva: http://webmail.supereva.it/ -----------------------------------------------------------
