Viruses

[Doobrey]

amigamad wrote:
My firewall  runs all the time and my virus scanner is always up to date

Having an "upto date" virus checker won`t always stop a new virus, as there is always a delay between the virus being released and the company writing the detection and removal routines for it, so during that time you`re at some risk to it.
 The thing they should draw their attention to, is why the average Windows user still has the default (in)security setting in Outlook Express that helps these bloody things infect and spread.

[Doobrey]

I just one of those horrible "What if" thoughts...
What if a spammer gets infected with a virus like Sobig?
 His/her database of millions of harvested email addresses would cause all hell to break loose.

BTW, has anyone read about the new DOS/DDOS attacks against spam blacklisters, causing mailservers to bounce legitimate mail because they can`t OK the source`s server against the lists.
Seems a bit odd, a new virus doing the rounds, and a DOS attack at the same time. Maybe that`s the extra payload for Sobig that they haven`t been able to decode yet?

[Doobrey]

mikeymike wrote:
Heh.  Spammers don't use the Windows Address Book :-)

 I dunno, some of them can be pretty lame.
I had one mail I was trying to trace back, and the spammer tried adding a few dummy "recieved-from:" lines to cover his tracks.Only problem was he didn't  adjust the timestamps which were set to 3 days after I`d got the mail !
Anyway, it turned out to be from an infected machine inside hp.com !