On Wednesday 04 February 2004 19:27, Ramin wrote: > I havenīt been in Windows for a while and if i was i never logined > to my this yahoo account that is dedicated to mailing list such as > this (actually right now only this mailing list). The only email > address i have in the address book is of this mailing list and it > is not on the server but just on my PC. However i just received two > emails about returned emails form me with virus attachments. I > donīt know what can be understood from this. Regards, Ramin > Ramin, quoted from the expert list conversation on this point:
<quote> Scott said: > From my experience, this virus isn't just scanning > address books and > flailing away. It's mixing and matching so if it > finds [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] in an infected computer, > it's going to fake > [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], > [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] > mandrake.com. Given the odds (and a huge address > book), sooner or later > some of these composed addresses are going to start > resulting in real > addresses. At least that's how it appears to me, > judging from all the > failed attempts in my mail server logs. Yes, that's exactly what is happening I manage a couple of domains and I'm getting mail adressed to people who do not and have never existed. </quote> Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet?
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