[TenTec] virus alert

[Nick Yokanovich]

My virus checker just stopped an e-mail with a virus that I apparently 
sent to myself! The e-mail was from n3yvw at juno.com. That was my call 
almost six years ago, and haven't had a juno account at least that long. 
Ain't computers great?

Nick K3NY

Wj5mh at aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 4/30/2004 3:24:10 PM Central Standard Time, 
> ac5e at comcast.net writes:
> Just got a rather irate E-mail from a list member stating I had sent him a 
> virus and demanding I fix it. There's a couple of problems with that beginning 
> with the fact I have never sent the gent any mail, E or otherwise. 
> 
> __________________
> 
> Yup, we have to remember that an e-mail address can easily be hijacked.  It's 
> happened to my business e-mail address several times this year, but mostly 
> from spam factories.  However, a couple lately have been associated with virus 
> transmissions, but caught by someone else's corporate virus protection software.
> 
> You know you've been hijacked when you see a sudden increase in the number of 
> "undeliverable mail" notices being received from people you don't know.
> 
> Our IT group appears not to be able to stop the e-mail address theft problem. 
> 
> Spam and/or viruses may not originate from the e-mail address associated with 
> the e-mail.
> 
> Joe
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