On Wednesday 04 February 2004 13:32, robin wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > Increasingly, members of this list are being accused of sending > > virused emails. I know that some of you have no choice but to > > use windows for part of your life, but PLEASE, if you do, check > > that you are clean. Our addresses are being picked up from > > somewhere, and more and more clues point to someone who uses > > linux mailing lists. The warning I received this morning was from > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It is not necessary to use Windows to have your address appear in > the From header of a virus - all that is necessary is for your > email address to be in the address book of someone who has an > infected computer. Same goes for spam - I've had mails ostensibly > from myself offering the usual viagra, organ enlargement etc. > > Sir Robin
Agreed, Robin, but I ask myself who would have an addressbook with the names of a number of people from a linux mailing list? It could be coincidence, but working on the principle that two is coincidence, three, just possibly, more than that - probably not.... Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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