[Heathkit] REGARDING VIRUS SENT:

Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:53:36 -0500

Hi Guys, Don't finger someone who appears to send you an e-mail with a
virus attached. A month ago I got an e-mail from a friend of mine that
had a virus attached. It just about brought me (not my p/c) to my knees.
He died about 1 3/4 years ago. E-mail was from him but I know his p/c was
not still online as I was the one who disposed of it and removed his
e-mail stuff before it went. I almost pee'd my pants when I saw who the
message was from. Thought at first hey maybe a good stock tip. But then
reality set in not in these times! To net it out if you have someone in
your address book even though they are silent keys you may still get a
message from them. SO don't beat on the poor person who it came from. The
best idea is to put a phoney name and address in you address book. That
way if a virus has visited you you should get a address not found or some
such message. Chill out all!  73's Larry WA9VRH

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:38:24 -0500 (CDT) "Jim Shorney"
<[email protected]> writes:
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> On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:51:26 -0700, Kevin Schuchmann wrote:
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> >Gene,
> >    way too much coffee.... try decaf...
> >and calm down, his note wasn't bad and unfortunately the way some 
> viruses work these days its not always clear where it came from...
> >Kevin
> >WA6FWF
> 
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> 
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Gene A. Nailon" <[email protected]>
> 
> >> First, your address is not even in my address book and has not 
> been
> >> ever.
> >>
> 
> 
> Fact: some viruses can spoof the return address using ANY address in
> the address book on the infected machine, whether it's your machine 
> or
> not.  You have to parse the header to find the originating IP.
> 
> 
> >> My virus software, Mr. Norton, is most likley more up to date 
> than
> >> yours Duane.
> 
> 
> Fact: you could have updated your ANTI-virus software 30 seconds ago
> and still have a virus.
> 
> I agree with Kevin, Duane's message was not unreasonable; if I ran
> Microsoft products for web/email and potentially had a virus, I 
> would
> sure want someone to politely inform me of it.
> 
> Now, let's drop this.
> 
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