[MacDV] Re: Bizarre Final Cut Pro Problem

[K]

I would say that your friend that "sent" the eml attachment sent you a 
virus and it piggybacked on stuff that you sent out...these virii are 
unable to run on the mac but can piggyback out when you send stuff...I 
saw yesterday that the newest Norton supposedly will detect and destroy 
these on a mac...If you got a new NAV...I would call their 800# to see 
about the absolute latest updates available.  Since your friend has your 
addy it is being used by the virus, along with other addy's in his book 
to spread.  I have gotten a few of these eml attachments supposedly from 
my aunt but she never sent anything..also I have been getting 35k 
attachments from unknown addy's at least 4 days a week...They are all 
kind of file formats and I immediately delete them...As far as buggering 
a camera/new drive...I would say probably not...
HTH and Regards,
Mike K


Gerhard Kuhn wrote:

> Did you actually send the infected messages?  I would not think that 
> you have the virus.  More than likely an infected PC owning friend has 
> your e-mail address in his contacts and the virus is making you appear 
> as the source.   " W32/Netsky.d.eml!exe" virus does just that, the 
> reasoning is that the infected PC's owner remains blissfully ignorant 
> and does nothing about the virus.
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> Gerhard
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> On Mar 20, 2004, at 2:14 AM, animal wrote:
>
>> Mystery deepens:  Two people have now told me my emails are infected 
>> with a virus.  I bought Norton Antivirus 9 for mac, installed it and 
>> downloaded the latest updates but cannot find any viruses or infected 
>> files.  Is it possible a virus is causing my FCP problem?  Is Norton 
>> good for all viruses?
>>
>> These problems started last Monday after a fellow sent an .eml 
>> attachment which I tried to open but couldn't find the correct 
>> software.  When I contacted him he had no knowledge of the attachment.
>>
>> Can a virus bugger my camcorder attached via firewire?  I need to 
>> find this out before I try daisy chaining and or get a new external 
>> hard drive.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Lynn
>>
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