Scott :
First, it's impossible to get a virus through the Team.Net lists, because
they block all attachments, HTML, VB, etc. They send only plain text which
cannot contain a virus (well, except the 'Polish' virus <g>).
Second, there are some very smart viruses running around, and it's easy to
fake the sender's address on email. There's a good chance that the virus
you received didn't even come from Bradley's machine. Smart viruses also
change the subject line (and message contents), so it's likely the next copy
won't even say "Superwealth" on it.
And of course if you weren't using Outlook Express, you'd be a much smaller
target for this sort of thing...
Randall
>
> I just received an email on Spitfires@autox.team.net from Bradley
> Richardson about "Superwealth" I opened it as it came from the
> Spitfire list, and I figured it must be Spitfire related. It
> turns out it was an ad for something- I hit the "Reply All"
> button, to send a note about inappropriatness of the subject
> matter, and it wiped out my contact list! I have a distinct
> impression this e-mail is actually a self perpetuating virus,
> which abducts your contact list, and sends itself out again. I
> highly recommend if you see "Superwealth" that you should delete
> it unopened.
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