[Antennas] WARNING ---- virus in mail that APPEARS to be from this list

Sat, 05 Oct 2002 16:36:21 -0700

I like the idea of bouncing with Non-existent address.  That just might work.
So now where do we obtain MailWasher?
Chris opr VE7HCB

At 11:21 AM 2002-10-05 -0700, John McClain wrote:
>If you are concerned about getting a virus, I recommend that you take
>a look at Mailwasher.  I have been using it since Yahoo sold my e-mail
>address earlier this summer.  Mailwasher allows you to exam the
>headers of your e-mail messages before they are downloaded from your
>ISP.  You can tell Mailwasher to bounce any mail that you think is a
>SPAM or a VIRUS which causes Mailwasher to bounce it back to the
>sender with a reason code of Non-existent Address.  It will detect
>certain viruses too. It is easy to detect the new Bearbug virus
>because the message size will be about 59K.
>
>John
>K7SVV
>K2 #2569, SST 20, Rock Mite 20
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "A10382" <[email protected]>
>To: "Antenna reflector list" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 10:45 AM
>Subject: [Antennas] WARNING ---- virus in mail that APPEARS to be from
>this list
>
>
> > I received an email that indicated it was from the Antennas group
>here on
> > qth, however,t he 'from' field was just dummied up in the email
>(clever
> > these virus spreaders, aren't they?).
> >
> > Problem was, it had an attachment - and email from the qth lists
>NEVER,
> > NEVER have an attachment.  The qth mail handler strips off all
>attachments
> > and html code for virus protection.
> >
> > The virus scanner caught and quarantined it - and then just deleted
>it.
> >
> > There are so many variations of email viruses floating around now,
>that ANY
> > email with an attachment should be suspect.  Some of these viruses
>can
> > attack your system merely by opening the  mail..  Soooo... turn off
>the
> > preview pane and suspect ever email with an attachment...
> >
> > This particular email came from a user's system.  The virus sends
>out the
> > attachment in a mail to people in the user's address book and even
>their
> > in-box.....  Time to update your anti-virus software. I now do so
>EVERY DAY.
> >
> > 73
> > Frank
> >
> >
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