[mou] Virus posts

[Tom Gray]

Correct, and this is a growing trend.  I'd say there is about a 100%
chance, today, that any e-mail with a virus attachment has falsified
addresses in all address fields.

Removing the "offender" is pointless.  There are only two ways to
prevent the spread of modern viruses (anything since "KLEZ"):

(1) Moderate the listserve and delete virus messages; or
(2) Allow nature to take its course and infect any machine whose
owner STILL opens strangely-named, ambiguously-named, or
unexpected attachments.

I guess I prefer the former, since there are a few viruses that
attempt to open automatically when viewed.

Hmmm, make that (3)--don't know about this listserve, but Yahoo
offers the option of discarding all attachments, and I use that on
most lists.  I also moderate MYSELF on all of the lists I manage,
because of the false-address problem.  Have caught several virus
messages that way.

Tom

At 10:39 AM 8/10/2004 -0500, Nancy Nielson quoth:
>Hello all,
>You do realize that often it may have a name of the "offending" account, but
>it may be a phony.
>I have seen email that contains my name and email address and it has not
>come from me!
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Terence Brashear" <birdnird@yahoo.com>
>To: <MOU-net@cbs.umn.edu>
>Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 1:40 PM
>Subject: [mou] Virus posts
>
>
> > Hello
> >
> > The offending account that was sending out the
> > attachment with the virus has been removed from the
> > list.
> >
> > I did this as soon as I realized who the originating
> > email address was.