folks i just ran a virus check, my computer isnt infected, but the worm is using my name (as well as others) as the sender.. thanks to those who advised me - it's called "spoofing".. --------snip-------- Email spoofing W32.Sobig.F@mm uses a technique known as "spoofing," by which the worm randomly selects an address it finds on an infected computer. The worm uses this address as the "From" address when it performs its mass-mailing routine. Numerous cases have been reported in which users of uninfected computers received complaints that they sent an infected message to another individual. For example, "Jane Doe" is using a computer infected with W32.Sobig.F@mm. Jane is neither using an antivirus program nor has the current virus definitions. When W32.Sobig.F@mm performs its email routine, it finds the email address of "Joe Schmoe". The worm inserts Joe's email address into the "From" portion of an infected message, which it then sends to "John Doe" . Then, John contacts Joe and complains that he sent him an infected message; however, when Joe scans his computer, Norton AntiVirus does not find anything, because his computer is not infected. |
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