On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 00:32, Michael Hawkins wrote: > Twice this week I have received an email from iinet saying that mail was > undeliverable. On each occasion, I had not sent the email and the supposed > intended recipient is not in the address book on my computer, and I have > never sent email to the supposed recipient. I have anti-virus software which > automatically scans all incoming email and attachments, and each day my > computer checks for updates to the virus software. In other words, the email > can not have originated from my computer. > > I am using an Apple PowerBook, OS 9.1, and Outlook Express for the Mac 5.02. > > I asked iinet if it was possible that iinet's computers had been afflicted > with a vitus. The reply is copied below. Is there anything that I can do?
Yes and no. Or... It depends... You can open up the message, and look at the headers, the header closest to the Date: header, called Received: will contain the actual sender. It is likely that their machine is infected. Getting the messages to stop will be dependent on your ability to convince the actual sender to disinfect their machine. A common response is: I've not sent that message. I now have 20 such messages, all because the sender also sent virus messages to their helpdesk which helpfully logged the message, allocated a response ID and sent an acknowledgement to the sender of the message (which of course was spoofed to be me :-( So... Be glad you've got a Mac, they're not likely to be coming from you, but from one of your (lesser :-) friends. -- ()/)/)() ..ASCII for Onno.. |>>? ..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 8888 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
