[Towertalk] OT-Virus???

[David Jordan]

Tom,

If you are concerned about off topic subjects you can go to "www.symantec.com" and
learn all about virus and anti-virus.  The answers to your questions are there with
all the detail anyone could dream of having!

73s,
dave
wa3gin

Tom Anderson wrote:

> Fellow Tower Talkians:
>
> Pardon the off-topic message, but I was curious if others were having the same
> problem since many of the "bounced" e-mails I describe below are from/to other
> hams.
>
> Have you been receiving a number of "bounced" e-mails recent to people you never
> sent e-mails to are e-mails infected with the W.32Klez virus?? Or have you noticed
> an increasing number of "infected" e-mails according to whichever anti-virus
> program you are using?
>
> The latest bounced one was I supposedly sent to N5XX  recommending he use an IE
> 6.0 "patch" that was attached. It bounced because N5XX's  ISP said my e-mail was
> too long something like 100kb then Norton said it was infected with the W.32Klez
> virus on the return.
>
> I've even gotten a bunch of e-mails with no message from, just blank, except for
> the header which is sent to my e-mail address from someone I've never heard of or
> it lists "undisclosed recipients" in the "To:" address line..
>
> I don't even use IE, I use Netscape 4.79 since most viruses are seemingly written
> for IE than Netscape.
>
> I've got Norton anti-virus running on both incoming and outgoing, plus their
> update service is running constantly in the background (it just now gave me the ok
> that all virus definitions are updated).
>
> I even received an e-mail from/to  "myself" at least with my e-mail address  as
> the sender that was supposedly infected according to Norton.
>
> A special download that Norton has for the W.32Klez virus  says my system is virus
> free.
>
> I hope you haven gotten one of these messages with my e-mail address as the
> sender.
>
> Again, pardon the off-topic message, I was interested if others were having this
> same problem that seems to have gotten more severe in the last week to 10 days.
>
> Tom, WW5L
>
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