Sobig Virus

[Scott]

Over the weekend, I've received a half-dozen emails, supposedly from me,
that were rejected because they contain the Sobig virus. I dont' recognize any
of the email addresses....and I know my system is clean of this virus. Can
I assume that some people are using my email address to bounce messages
with the virus?

Here's an example:

A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:

***@gamealbums.com
This message has been rejected since it is infected with the Sobig e-mail worm.


Thanks!
Scott

[W.S. Blevins]

Post by Scott
Over the weekend, I've received a half-dozen emails, supposedly from me,

Read the numerous threads on the subject.

[Pourquoi tant d'étoiles pour si peu de trèfles à quatre feuilles ?]

Post by W.S. Blevins

Post by Scott
Over the weekend, I've received a half-dozen emails, supposedly from me,

Read the numerous threads on the subject.

As said by W.S. pleace take time to search ! This question has been asked
and answered hundred times since the last week.

[Ted Davis]

Post by Scott
Over the weekend, I've received a half-dozen emails, supposedly from me,
that were rejected because they contain the Sobig virus. I dont' recognize any
of the email addresses....and I know my system is clean of this virus. Can
I assume that some people are using my email address to bounce messages
with the virus?

We've all seen those, maybe hundreds of them - they have been
discussed to death here, and even in various news services - including
some not directed to geeks. If you don't want to read what has been
written her, at least read a description of the worm on some AV site -
the descriptions explains what the worm does. And no, I'm not going
into it yet again: I've been explaining it to college professors for
about a week now.


T.E.D. (***@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)