Viruses

[Chris Foote]

>Andy Carroll tapped out this message on 7/31/2003 11:55 AM
>
>>I don't know about OS X, but I do know that these viruses often fake
>>the From e-mail addresses, so it may well not be from the person it
>>says it is. Often looking at the e-mail headers can reveal this if
>>you really know how to read them. So it may not be your sister's
>>computer that is infected, but rather someone who has both your
>>addresses somewhere on their computer.
>
>Yes Andy, we are going back and forth about this, and my cousin swears
>it's not her, however, the other night I called and she was indeed ON the
>computer at that time I got the mail and her BROTHER, the only other
>likely suspect, was NOT......so, I guess she will just have to face up to
>it that it's her!
>I HAVE gotten mail from her brother's "address" but the information
>attached even had her name in it with her financial information and stuff
>about where she'd surfed so I knew it was her. (NEA Teacher benefits,
>Fidelity Investments, Morningstar Trading, Baby stores as she is a new
>grandma, etc.....all stuff that had her name on it even though appearing
>to be sent by her brother's computer -------- she was horrified! LOL)
>
>Of course, being on a Mac, she was amazed at how I knew all this stuff..
><veg>
>It's kinda funny.....not really but you know what I mean. :-)

She is not necessarily the source. The nasty worms going around grab 
email addresses from the hard drive to spoof the source. They don't 
affect the Mac except to keep us in a constant shower of dead worms.
Chris
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