Correct, and this is a growing trend. I'd say there is about a 100% chance, today, that any e-mail with a virus attachment has falsified addresses in all address fields.
Removing the "offender" is pointless. There are only two ways to prevent the spread of modern viruses (anything since "KLEZ"): (1) Moderate the listserve and delete virus messages; or (2) Allow nature to take its course and infect any machine whose owner STILL opens strangely-named, ambiguously-named, or unexpected attachments. I guess I prefer the former, since there are a few viruses that attempt to open automatically when viewed. Hmmm, make that (3)--don't know about this listserve, but Yahoo offers the option of discarding all attachments, and I use that on most lists. I also moderate MYSELF on all of the lists I manage, because of the false-address problem. Have caught several virus messages that way. Tom At 10:39 AM 8/10/2004 -0500, Nancy Nielson quoth: >Hello all, >You do realize that often it may have a name of the "offending" account, but >it may be a phony. >I have seen email that contains my name and email address and it has not >come from me! > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Terence Brashear" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:40 PM >Subject: [mou] Virus posts > > > > Hello > > > > The offending account that was sending out the > > attachment with the virus has been removed from the > > list. > > > > I did this as soon as I realized who the originating > > email address was.
