2002-05-26 Sorry folks! I hit the enter button twice and it sent this posting before I finished it.
As I was going to say I checked my address book and have no one with a Loyola.edu address in my listings. I think the key might be with Joe Reid. He received the messages with an html attachment and both of the messages he mentioned were sent in plain text. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Don Hillger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-05-26 19:36 Subject: [USMA:20235] RE: Fw: [GWAVA:1t3pbgqy] Virus detect message notification > 2002-05-26 > > I also am running Norton anti-virus 2002 and my definitions are also > up-to-date. a > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Don Hillger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, 2002-05-26 16:41 > Subject: [USMA:20230] RE: Fw: [GWAVA:1t3pbgqy] Virus detect message > notification > > > > As an afterthought, because many of us on this list have other list > members' > > email addresses in our address book, someone on the list could have a > virus > > that is sending out the messages with the spoofed sender addresses. > > > > As I have Norton AntiVirus 2002 and, as I allow it to constantly update > its > > virus database, I know my computer isn't the source. > > > > As the warning message came from the postmaster at loyola.edu, some of you > > might want to do a "people find" on your address book to see if you have > any > > addresses with the domain name loyola.edu. (In Outlook 2000, the procedure > > is Tools | Address Book | Find People, then enter loyola.edu in the email > > field and click on Find Now.) > > > > I've checked mine and it has no addresses with that domain name. > > > > Bill Potts, CMS > > Roseville, CA > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > Behalf Of Bill Potts > > > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 13:27 > > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > > Cc: Don Hillger > > > Subject: [USMA:20229] RE: Fw: [GWAVA:1t3pbgqy] Virus detect message > > > notification > > > > > > > > > 20223 had no virus, nor could it have as it's a plain text message with > no > > > attachments. > > > > > > I've received that same message two or three times -- the first time at > > > least 24 hours before you sent 20223. > > > > > > Someone's been harvesting email addresses, then sending out a > > > virus message > > > using the harvested addresses as spoofed sender addresses. > > > Because more than > > > one of us has received that warning message (which appears to be > genuine), > > > it looks as if the virus propagation program has compromised the > > > security of > > > the University of Colorado list server. > > > > > > Note that I've sent Don Hillger a direct copy of this message to alert > him > > > to the possible problem > > > > > > Bill Potts, CMS > > > Roseville, CA > > > http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > > > Behalf Of kilopascal > > > > Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 10:51 > > > > To: U.S. Metric Association > > > > Subject: [USMA:20225] Fw: [GWAVA:1t3pbgqy] Virus detect message > > > > notification > > > > > > > > > > > > 2002-05-26 > > > > > > > > I just received this message! Did anyone receive USMA:20223 > > > with a virus > > > > attached? Since this was a response to USMA: 20221, that may > > > > also have been > > > > the source. > > > > > > > > My outgoing mail is checked, and no virus was detected. Please > > > > let me know! > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "GWAVA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Sunday, 2002-05-26 13:50 > > > > Subject: [GWAVA:1t3pbgqy] Virus detect message notification > > > > > > > > > > > > > A virus has been detected in a message originating from your e-mail > > > > > address. You may want to contact your system administrator for > > > > > assistance. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Information about the problem message: > > > > > > > > > > FROM: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".LOYOLA_GWIA.GWINTMAIL > > > > > TO : [No To Addresses] > > > > > CC : [No Cc Addresses] > > > > > BCC: AKS.Evergreen.KNOTT > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [USMA:20223] Re: Global America > > > > > > > > > > Attachment Name: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
