T. Cronkhite you have a virus

Re: T. Cronkhite you have a virus

Greg Sloop

>This may be right, or it may be wrong.

Most of the current crop of viruses "harvest" addresseses from all over the infected machine.

It then randomly picks two address for each outbound message, one for the From address and one for the To address.

Thus, you might be listed as the From address and the mail To address is invalid, or gets "bounced" by the destination mail server. In this case, the mail comes back to you claiming you sent a virus etc to someone else.

Or, you may get a mail claiming to be from someone else that you know - but the From address is likely forged - so don't count that as real.

Anyway....

It can all get confusing, but most of the time it's nearly impossible to tell what user sent you a virus. (The IP address is a bit easier to find, but that doesn't tell you much other than what ISP to complain to...)

Cheers,

Greg

Re: T. Cronkhite you have a virus

Matti Kuikka

>I received the same mail to another adress that is used only in Adams challenge. It was about how is your dog. I didn't open the attached file and deleted the mail. Seems that the worm might be not only in Todds mail.

Matti Kuikka

Re: T. Cronkhite you have a virus

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Yeah Bill, Something is definately amiss because I have not sent you any e-mails. I got one from another Islander the other day and I merely deleted it once I realized that it was bogus.

I'm glad that your filter caught it and that it didn't cause you any problems.

Really upsets me that ths kind of thing is able to happen at all. I guess it's one of the cons of this modern electronic age in which we live. Last thing I need is for some $hitbird to be able to smear my good name electronically by sending my friends viries or Lord knows what else under the guise that it was me. Let me catch one of them little bastard hackers and I'll do things to them that'll make women and children scream and grown men cry. Say hello to my little friend you piece of chit, wanna #uck with me huh, have the guts to do it to my face is my way way thinking.

Todd O. All spun up now

Todd, I sent you a legitimate e-mail

Bob Hutchins in central Texas

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Re: T. Cronkhite you have a virus

Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, Florida

>The worst thing is, Todd, that probably nobody did it to you intentionally - they just set those things loose, and they infect virtually at random.

Don - watching out for email from Typhoid Todd ;-)

I quit responding to his e-mail

Ernie Miller Topeka

>along time ago. It seems he allways gets the best of me. Know what is really bad? I know what he keeps under his mattress! use that on the hackers Todd!