Re: [TenTec] TenTec virus?

[jman <jman7659@grandecom.net>]

Martin AA6E wrote:

> No, but this is very common for any and all email
> lists. 
There is a method to know if a virus has started using your email though 
if all has failed.
Add your own email address with your name replaced with "Warning!Virus 
Alert" or
whatever you choose, this will  warn you of the problem.
dit dit
Joe KM5CW

> Bad software (virus) gets into somebody's
> computer somewhere on the Internet and it emails more
> copies of itself using "from" and "to" addresses from
> the user's address book.  So, if it happens to be
> someone who has tentec.com in their address book, ...
> (Insert negative comment about Outlook and Outlook
> Express.)
>
> There's nothing you can do to stop this kind of thing,
> but a good anti-spam filter should catch it. If you
> display the full email headers, you can verify that
> the email does not originate from the claimed "from"
> address.
>
> 73, Martin AA6E
>
>
> --- n4lq <n4lq@iglou.com> wrote:
>
>  
>
> > I keep getting email from what appears to be TenTec
> > but of course it is 
> > not and there is an attachment which of course I
> > will not open. Has 
> > anyone else been seeing these?
> > Steve N4LQ
> >    
                                    
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