Re: email viruses

On Sunday 04 April 2004 01:45, Andy B wrote: > i know this is a little ot but in an attempt to keep viruses off the list > (i think) somebody/something is forging an email in my name to the php > mailing list as well as mysql mailing list along with a few others. i get a > message something like this: > > "your message titled: submit your authentication here... has been sent to > (whatever mailing list it sent to)" I don't know where you've been for the last few years, almost/probably all recent viruses pick two email addresses at random (from what it harvests from your computer) then uses those as the TO and FROM address for the crap it sends out. Read up on the virus information available on any of the major anti-virus software producers' sites. > does anybody know about this sort of thing? and if so how to get rid of it? Don't ever use your email address, ever. Failing that, tell your friends/associates/whomever has your email address, to stop using crap like Outlook and/or stop getting themselves infected with viruses. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ /* 1 bulls, 3 cows. */