Thanks Bj - what a relief! I was worried that the removal tool & scans had missed something :o)
all my best jac. > > The virus is sent to addresses found on the infected PC, > either from their > address book, or maybe from the Web pages they've browsed > that it finds in > their browser cache, so you're getting them either from > someone who's sent > you email or one of the many thousands who's visited a Web > site with the > fireballmedia address on a page. > > The "From" is always faked, sometimes with another address > found on the > infected PC, but often by creating a From: from a fake sender > name @ the > domain it's going to. So if you are getting a lot that > appear to come from > fireballmedia then they are probably just being sent to > fireballmedia and > having that domain also used in the From: > > One thing you can almost guarantee, if you receive an > infected email it > DIDN'T come from your PC! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 10:07 AM > Subject: [wdvltalk] Some advice on Win32.Sober.I - please > > > > Hi Guys, > > over the last week or so i've been getting approx. 20-30 > emails per day > > all containing the known text of the virus Win32.Sober.I - > supposedly > > from my other domain fireballmedia.ie. So last night I > downloaded the > > removal tool from Symantec but it didn't find the virus on > my machine. > > My virus definitions are uptodate & I also did a full scan > last night. > > I'm always very careful when dealing with emails and potential > > infections but I am confused - am i receiving these emails cause my > > machine is infected or what?? ANY advice would be appreciated. > > > > e.g.: > > This one came in and Norton had deleted the virus attachement... > > > > ---------- > > > > I was surprised, too! > > Who_could_suspect_something_like_that? shityiiiii > > > > > > > > *-*-* Mail_Scanner: No Virus > > *-*-* FIREBALLMEDIA- Anti_Virus Service > > *-*-* http://www.fireballmedia.ie > > > > ---------- > > > > Thanks a mil! > > > > jac. ____ � The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM � ____ To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or use the web interface http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change subscription settings or add a password: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=wdvltalk ________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: Jupitermedia Corp. Attn: Discussion List Management 475 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10016 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.
