[TenTec] Politically-correct amplification (was Bias)..VIRUS INATTACHMENT

[Pete Smith]

At 09:45 AM 6/10/03 -0500, holladayfd wrote:
>I got one too from the refklector.
>Frank, K4VMO
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Stuart Satrun" <kw8k at yahoo.com>
>To: <TenTec at contesting.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:11 AM
>Subject: Re: [TenTec] Politically-correct amplification (was Bias)..VIRUS
>INATTACHMENT
>
>
> > JUST GOT THIS...NORTON SAYS ATTACHMENT HAS A VIRUS.
> > AN ATTEMPT TO REPLY TO SENDER RESULTED IN A FAILURE OF
> > DELIVERY. DON'T USUALLY REPLY TO THIS STUFF.
> > 73
> > stu

Guys there is a virus out there currently that steals the text of a real 
message from the infected computer, spoofs a "from:" address using the 
address from one message and the ISP of another, and then sends the 
message, with the virus as an attachment, to another address from the 
infected computer.  If you expand the whole header you will see that the 
offending message did not come through contesting.com, even though it 
appeared that way from the subject line.

For example, I just got a message claiming to come from I4JMY at comcast.net, 
with a virus as attachment.  I recognized the message as one that Mauri 
send the Topband reflector two months ago, and of course Comcast hasn't 
gotten to Italy yet!


73, Pete N4ZR
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