Justin- THe spam you are getting is not form having VNC on the computer. It is more likly a case of bugbear getting in to your system once and stealling emails and sending itself to another user once befoer norton found it. As it mask's the real sender address with a false one, it could be sent fopmranywhere in teh world and still have your address. A side note, When norton Quarenteens a virus it is STILL on your machine just put in to what is hopefully an inactive state. delete any quarenteened files you have.
evan On Mon, 14 Oct 2002 10:19:12 -0700 "Justin Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > I'm fairly ignorant of communication software, so VNC although installed om > my Win95 machine, scares the hell out of me. As yet I've not been able to > use it. > I've been getting email from all sorts of people, business, and organisation > I've never heard of. Some accusing me of having sending them a virus. All I > can do is say 'sorry, but not from me'. > I feel the danger lies in Windows and getting rid of VNC or jumping out of > the frying pan into the fire is not an attractive option or even fair to > VNC. > I don't like putting the blame on VNC (Acting as an embedded server for > others perhaps?). > I've also caught the bugbear virus a couple of times but Norton quaranteened > if for me. > I now get a memory washing cookie which is so intrusive and threatening that > I feel like they are running some sort of protection racket. > Can someone reassure me that VNC is not to blame? > regards > Safe Neighbourhood Project > JW > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "H. Phil Duby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:26 AM > Subject: Re: BugBear Virus > > > > Are you 'sure' the email is coming from Ross? The information at > > > > > http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]#technicaldeta > > ils > > > > (search for "SMTP engine") > > > > says that the virus can forge the From: address in the emails it sends. > You > > need > > to trace back using the IP information in the Received lines to determine > > the ISP > > the email came from, and convince the ISP to use their internal logs to > > determine > > which user it really originated from. > > > > Since you say that "Ross Presser" [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not exist, > > anyone > > that recogizes that name / address as being something old in their address > > book > > should check to see if they have the virus > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Help on VNC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "VNC-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 10:21 AM > > Subject: BugBear Virus > > > > > > > Hi Guys > > > > > > There is a certain person "Ross Presser" who is trying to us my mail > > server to > > > propogate this virus. > > > > > > Please be assured that the email address [EMAIL PROTECTED] does not > > exist. > > > > > > If anyone knows this guy, please asl him to check his system for this > > virus as > > > it is causing havoc here. Fortunately the Firewall is trapping the mail > so > > the > > > "List" and the "Tight List" should be safe. > > > > > > PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! Can someone help me to stop this! > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Eric > > > _______________________________________________ > > > VNC-List mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > > _______________________________________________ > > VNC-List mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list > _______________________________________________ > VNC-List mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list _______________________________________________ VNC-List mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.realvnc.com/mailman/listinfo/vnc-list
