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genevish
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Aug 21, 2003, 10:46 PM
 
I'm getting emails lately similar to this:


From: [email protected]
Date: Thu Aug 21, 2003 10:11:27 PM US/Eastern
To: [email protected]
Subject: Virus Warning

Important Information from Edith Cowan University Communications Department
_________________________________________________

The W32/Sobig-F virus was detected in attachment (movie0045.pif) in email from [email protected] (08/22/03 10:11:27).

The automated Virus protection system has taken the following action to protect the email recipients computer system.

The Virus / Attachment has been: deleted
I didn't send an email to Edith Cowan University. Is the virus sending emails and saying they are from me or something? That's not a variant I had heard of. I know I'm not infected... (Or am I? Agghh! Get it off me!! ;-)
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Aug 21, 2003, 10:48 PM
 
Originally posted by genevish:
Is the virus sending emails and saying they are from me or something?
Yes.

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=173167
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genevish  (op)
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Aug 21, 2003, 11:07 PM
 
Ah, thanks for the info. I figured as much. Now if I can just get that Viagra spam to stop...

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