Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yeah, but by knowing in whose name the messages are being sent you sometimes can deduce from what computer they are sent and do something about it. At least I found out the computer using my name and address (among many others) in sending the viruses all around and so it could be cleaned. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 5:10 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: IMPORTANT - Virus Warning > All viruses spoof their sender addresses, and the choice is random. > There's really nothing that a person can do in response to the knowledge > that a virus has chosen your address to use in a spoof. I'm quite certain > that every member of the LUG who has ever sent email has had his/her > address used by a virus in a spoof. Just keep your antivirus software up > to date and don't click on scams. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information