I know several people who were also the victim of this spam message and similar ones. It seems that most of the victims are hotmail users and these messages are actually send through their hotmail account. There's even a copy in their send box. Hotmail accounts are pretty easy to hack so the best advise is to change your password ASAP if your account was used for this type of spam. Good luck, Ron
----- Original Message ----- From: Colin Hunter To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 6:35 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Hello, There's no guarantee that the spam came from Judith, just because her name was in the "From" field. It's very common for viruses to disguise their host's true identity by picking an address at random from the infected computer's address book and inserting it into the "From" field, then mailing out copies of itself and/or some spam to all the addresses in the address book. It's entirely possible that somebody else has Judith and MOPO in their address book and the virus just happened to pick Judith's name for the "From" field, then mailed out the spam to all of us via MOPO. Ways to avoid infection for Windows users are to not use Internet Explorer as your web browser, not use Outlook as you email client or move to a Mac or Linux computer. This fakery of the "From" field by the virus makes it a little tricky to identify the true origin without taking a look at the email's headers, and I deleted the message almost as soon as I received it so I cannot help there. Anybody else still have the message and want to take a go? Colin Hunter On WednesdayMar 11, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Judith Weaver wrote: Yes, I guess I have a virus and one that antibiotics won't fix. I even ran a Norton Antivirus check and it shows that I have NO viruses or problems on my computer, but there is definitely something wrong. I'm not sure what to do now. Sorry for the inconvenience. All the best to MOPO-ers, Judith Judith Weaver 1457 Guava Avenue Melbourne, FL 32935 321-514-4861 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
