Whoa, calm down, folks.
This virus "spoofs" the sender's email address, and often comes disguised as
an "undeliverable message", so nobody should be making any assumptions about
the origins of any message that happens to arrive.
Just delete the messages when they turn up, but it's barking up the wrong
tree to try to contact the alleged "sender" (even with the kind intention to
inform them they have a virus). Perhaps you can explain that to these
persons, but probably you should just create a rule to send their messages
straight to the Deleted folder, and forget 'em.
on 2/7/04 7:42 AM, Paul Hunt (T) at paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> Does anyone on this list have the above email addresses in your address book
> as well as mine? If so you are probably infected with the MyDoom virus.
>
> I'm getting feed up with receiving 'undeliverable' reports to emails
> purporting to come from me, as well as abusive emails from said Mrs Craig
> Adams.
>
> My virus checker traps this virus when I get it from others, I was on
> holiday when it first hit anyway, and a scan shows my PC is not infected so,
> no my PC is NOT sending them out without my knowledge, and the virus spoofs
> the 'From' address anyway. My PC has never been infected with this or any
> other virus. Unlike many I *never* open an attachment without knowing who
> it is from and what it is about in advance.
>
> Paul Hunt.
>
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