Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
VIRUS ALERT
BubbaBob
>Apparantly either my puter has a virus using my email, or someone has harvested my email from somewhere and is sending out emails allefedly from me. Ellis got one.
This email had an attachment, which was probably dirty. Be advised, I NEVER SEND ATTACHMENTS UNLESS I HAVE DISCUSSED IT WITH THE RECIPIENT AHEAD OF TIME. If you get an attachment from me, it's phony and should be deleted.
BubbaBob
Re: VIRUS ALERT
Dinyar Chavda
>Welcome to e-identity theft! THis happened to me last year, and it went on intenively for about 2 weeks, andthen gradually tapered off. Your mailbox will also get jammed byu lots of "undeliverable message" notifications. Apparently there is nothing that you can do about it, but it should not do you any harm (other than the embarrasment and annoyance).
Dinyar
Re: VIRUS ALERT
Chuck Ludwigsen
>I got a similarly strange message yesterday from 'rz@woodturningworks.com'. The subject looked reasonable, 'Registration confirmation'. However, there was a ZIP file attachment and a strange short message that read, 'Look it through'.
I did a bit of research and noticed the sending IP address in the header did not match the IP address for woodturningworks.com. So I checked with a coworker who handles Microsoft systems administration. This is a by-product of the Netsky virus (worm).
I would advise anyone who thinks they are infected (well heck, EVERYONE should) to download at least a free trial of one of the virus detection applications or consider purchasing a package.
If you are getting a strange message with attachment from someone, then it is NOT an indication that you have the virus - unless you open the attachment. It is an indication THEY have the virus. However, you don't always know WHO they really are as the From address is typically spoofed.
Anyone getting mail failure messages BACK to messages they know they did not send, should immediately check for a virus.
I hope this helps.
Chuck in Memphis, TN.
Re: VIRUS ALERT
Don Evans
>I get periodical messages from Shopsmith when they have a sale or something. Yesterday I got email from them that had the w32.Netsky virus in an attachment.
Norton stopped it and caused no harm here but if you get email from them be careful and don't open any attachments.
Don
Re: VIRUS ALERT
Bert Smith
>Don,
I also have Norton antivirus. Does this software tell you the attachment has a virus before you open it? Or does it catch the virus when you try to open the attachment? Never had one, don't want one, but interested how the software works.
Bert
Re: VIRUS ALERT
Jerry Nicholson
>NAV tells you about the virus before you open the e-mail. You can set NAV to automatically delete the message. I have been getting "netsky" attached to a lot of spam in the last few days. I wouldn't have opened the attachements anyway but NAV is certainly worth the cost.
Jerry
Re: VIRUS ALERT
Don Evans
>Bert:
Yes, as Jerry said, it tells you before you open the email. What it does exactly is determined by the settings you pick. Where Jerry said he has it delete it, I don't. I have it try to fix the problem and if it cannot it then puts it in a safe place.
Regardless which you pick, it will not let you set it so the virus can nail you.
The most important thing is to go through your settings and make sure it is set to prescan you email. I'm using Internet Security with Antivirus combination software, not just antivirus version.
Don
Re: VIRUS ALERT
Bert Smith
>Don,
Thanks. I have the internet security package also. My settings are try to repair and then quarantine. Glad to hear it will let me know before I open an attachment. I also have it set on auto update, and it runs a full scan once a week.
Bert