At 10:06 AM 18/01/05 -0700, Bruce Johnson johnson-at-pharmacy.arizona.edu |G-list| wrote: > >On Jan 17, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Alan Sargent wrote: > >> At 04:48 PM 17/01/05 -0600, Jerry Bryant jerrylbryant-at-sbcglobal.net >> |G-list| wrote: >>> Apparently someone, and possibly now maybe others, that use a pc to >>> send and receive email from the lists have at least one virus. >> >> It's just as likely someone has scraped the addresses from the web >> "archive", which displays all our addresses in clear. > >Viruses do not work that way. Viruses spoof the 'from' and 'to' >addresses from address stores on the infected system, either outlook >address books, or web cache files.
Spammers do though. It was spam that caused me to change my list address last time. >You may be getting some spam from this, but even in that arena, the >vast majority of e-mail addresses are gotten via infected systems. It's >hugely simpler to do it that way and you're more likely to get valid >e-mail addresses. Tests have shown that any email address exposed on a web page gets spam in short order. That's why almost every mail archive, except LEM's, munges addresses in their web version. >Yes. if you're getting sent viruses, it's from an infected machine that >has both the 'from' and 'to' addresses on it somewhere. Viruses and spam are forming a nice ecosystem now. Some spammer uses my address as a "From:", this gets to some infected user's mailbox and his virus sends me a virus &/or more spam; or is bounced back to me with the payload attached; and round and round. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
