Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/09/13

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Leica ; virus problems
From: Robert Marvin <marvbej@earthlink.net>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 12:31:14 -0400
References: <200209131431.HAA11087@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>

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At 7:31 AM -0700 9/13/02, Gerry Walden wrote:
This morning I received what appeared to be an automatic notification that I
had sent a virus (Klez) to somebody. I just want to reassure people that I
have interactive anti-virus software that scans everything all the time.
That was updated only yetsreday, and today I have done an additional scan
and found nothing. I know this is an ongoing problem, but not me folks!


I've been getting such notifications for a few weeks, usually in the 
form of allegedly bounced messages from me (actually spurious)which 
supposedly could not be delivered because they contained a virus. 
Since I use a Mac, which AFAIK cannot be infected with Klez, I just 
delete the messages. I know enough not to open the attachments 
(although I doubt that my Mac would be able to do so if I were 
foolish enough to try). The notifications always have addresses of 
LUGers, so I presume some dimwitted hacker (probably a N***n or C***n 
user) is playing a 'joke' on many of us, subject to the limitations 
of his rather feeble imagination.

Bob Marvin
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