RE: [RC] Spam from roxvet at aol dot com - Maryben Stover
John has taken her off the list until she gets her computer fixed................mb
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:31:10 -0700 > From: Tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RC] Spam from roxvet at aol dot com > > I have gotten one private email from someone who opened one and got infected > with a virus. > > DO NOT OPEN THESE EMAILS! > > When malicious emails infect a computer, they immediately scan the computer for > other email addresses, copy them, and send themselves out to every email address > they find. They usually do *NOT* use the email address of the infected computer > in the "From:" line. They use one of the email addresses they find on the > infected computer. That's why when you get one "from" someone you know, that > someone's computer isn't necessarily infected... unless they got the same email > with YOUR "from" eddress and opened it :( > > This ability to send themselves out using email addresses other than the one on > the infected computer is called spoofing. The virus spoofs the email address > for two reasons: > 1) A lot of the computers it sends to will recognize the eddress and maybe think > the email is real and open the email and > 2) It is harder to back trace to the computer that is really infected because > IT'S eddress is not in the "From:" line. > > So NEVER open an email that looks even a little bit odd. Instead, write an > email to your friend and ask if s/he sent you the email. Or if the thing looks > really odd... just delete it. > > > Dolores Arste wrote: > > I've gotten these emails from two other sources other than ridecamp. > > Different url's each time. Both other times from people I know. Not sure > > what to do about them. > > > > Both people have scanned their computers as have I. Nothing shows up. > > > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
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