In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert Newson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Malcolm Cadman wrote:

...
Viruses are also nasty:

I've just got a bounced virus message as the "sender" had used my eaddr as the return. I've also got the same virus directly, from a different name, but the same IP addr. Based on the eaddr that bounced the message, I think I may know the infected machine
Very annoying for you.
I hope that you can get clear of the virus, or the tempting messages.

The tempting message was:


Subject: Re: Your bill

Please have a look at the attached file.

[Attached file:
 Named: your_bill.pif
 Contains (amongst other strings):
      Rich
      Compressed by Petite (c)1999 Ian Luck.
      .petite
      USER32.dll
      KERNEL32.dll
      WININET.dll
      WS2_32.dll

Yes, this is typical of the 'tempting' messages ... we all receive them. The '.dll' files are the ones to worry about. 'Nuff' said :-)

Worry to me: Zero - I run email/connect to web using Linux.]

Yes, nice when you don't have to worry about Windows virus types isn't it :-) ... ?


However, Linux does have its own virus attacks too :-( ... so always best to be cautious.

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Malcolm Cadman
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