Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Someone out there who has me in their email address book (and that could be one among thousands of people) is infected with the sobig-f virus.How do I know this?
I keep getting failed email responses from various servers, where an email has been sent to addy's that I've never heard of. My addy has been used as the sender, and the usual topic lines set by this virus have all been used in the original emails.
The virus, being a devious little shit, fakes the email addy of the sender, replacing it with that of someone in the user's address book, so they never actually realise they're infected.
Now, it could be anyone, considering my email address appears on various of my websites, and the virus checks browser chaches for addresses, but even so, anyone reading this would be well advised to update their anti-virus software and run a scan.
For anyone who didn't understand what I've just said... no, I am not infected, my sites are not infected, but someone who has my email addy IS infected.
Steve 10:59 PM [+]
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