> At 12:53 PM -0700 11/11/2004, Bruce Johnson wrote:On Thursday, November 11, 2004, at 05:51 AM, PETE wrote:The list (server?) sent me an attachment with a virus. How is this possible?
All viruses for the last few years have forged the 'From:' header
Speaking of forged from headers...
There are a lot of phishies from eBay, Half, and PayPal flying around these days. They're getting awfully good -- the From header and message body are exact dups of real notices from those sites! BUT...
I had 5 today from PP and Ebay.
But as usual none had my registered name in the them - it was all "dear ebay customer" and the like.
Not a guaranteed filter but a good starting point.
When I started with my current ISP I setup several e-mail addresses. In addition to addresses for personal communications I setup one for Usenet, a few for mailing lists and one for e-bay. Most of the scam e-mail I get is sent to the Usenet address. I don't think any of it comes in on my e-bay address.
Fortunately my ISP filters most of this stuff. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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