[TenTec] virus alert

[NJ0IP]

Nick, maybe you were watching "Frequency"....

-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of Nick Yokanovich
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 8:19 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] virus alert


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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