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Re: Warning: Virus Attacks "From" Webkahuna
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Mar 22, 19:46 -0400
From: Jim Thompson
Date: 2004 Mar 22, 19:46 -0400
Jared, I think this is a well known virus going around recently that cleverly makes its messages look like they are coming from a server. I got a bogus one like this claiming to come from my ISP's server. It's nonsense and can be ignored (except for the payload, of course). There is a good chance that no list member is actually infected. Jim Thompson jim2@jimthompson.net www.jimthompson.net Outgoing mail scanned by Norton Antivirus ----------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Navigation Mailing List > > I hate to mention viruses on any list but I just received what sure LOOKED > like a legitimate "returned mail" from the Nav-L list server, WEBKAHUNA, > which claimed it was rejecting my posts because too many of them contained > viruses. (Knock wood, I've always managed to keep a clean system, going on > 20 years now.) > > I can guess that "every" member of the list will get this message, it is a > very common spoof but folks keep falling for it...so PLEASE, IF YOU GET A > MESSAGE LIKE THIS, DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT! > > It is probably being sent out by a LIST MEMBER who is unaware > their computer > is a "zombie" running attack software.