OT. Someone has my email address, please help

[Sarah Fox]

Hi Benny,

What Andy said!

I'll add that if a virus email has your return address on it, it is
*probably* not from your machine.  Almost all viruses forge the return
addresses.  I get the same sorts of messages you do, albeit not with great
frequency, and my machines continue to be virus free (knock on wood).

One final note:  You must be very cautious about the bounce notices that you
are getting.  They may not be legitimate.  You are assuming that someone is
intentionally or unwittingly sending an infected email to, for instance, XYZ
Corp., and XYZ corp then bounces an automated message back to you to inform
you that "your" email is infected.  However, some viruses spread themselves
in the form of bounce notices:  Normally, when you get a notice that an
email of yours has bounced, there is often an attachment to the notice,
containing your original email.  You haven't a clue what the email is until
you open the attachment.  Nowadays, some of those attachments are really
viruses, and the fake bounce notice dupes you into opening the infected
attachment!  Beware!

Peace,
Sarah



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benny L. Tucker" <precisionpiano@alltel.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 9:25 PM
Subject: OT. Someone has my email address, please help


> Dear list,
>     I keep getting messages from people/companies all over the place
saying
> that an email that I sent them is undeliverable/being returned due to the
> message being infected with a virus.
>     Problem is, I rarely send out messages, and have sent none to any of
> these addresses that say I have sent them infected email. The only thing I
> can figure is someone else is using my email address.
>     If anyone can tell me how to stop this, I would really appreciate it.
I
> don't especially want to delete this email account, as most of my business
> contacts use it, along with this list and the ctuner list. All suggestions
> would be appreciated.
>     Thanks for your time.
>
> Benny L. Tucker
> Yamaha Factory Tuner
> Precision Piano Tuning & Repair
> Thomaston, Ga.
>
>
>
> ---
> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.658 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004
>
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