Re: Email i have not sent

From: donut (none_at_none.com)
Date: 04/27/03 

Date: 27 Apr 2003 16:43:10 GMT

"Rob" <r1_ffc@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:b8gab8$dc8$1@sparta.btinternet.com:

> Hello,
>
> For about four weeks now I have been getting mail returned from mail
> delivery system to me saying the recipient did not receive this mail.
> I have never sent mail to these people. I also now get viruses sent to
> me with attachments which I instantly delete(about 5 per week).
>
> The mail that is suppose to have been sent by me also looks like it
> has a virus attached.
>
> I have run two tests on the Internet tried Norton anti virus, AVG
> ,Trojan removers all on my system and I can find nothing.
>
> When this first started I received a virus in Zip format and what
> looked like a jpeg at the same time. The zip file was deleted right
> away but I opened the jpeg. This looked a bit strange I couldn't make
> out what it was suppose to be.
>
> I use Outlook express with Windows XP professional and also run Zone
> Alarm.
>
> If anybody can shine some light on this situation I would be most
> grateful.
>
>
>

It's an effect of the recent virus that sends itself pretending to be a
Microsoft security patch.

Don't worry about it. I have been getting the same messages on my Yahoo
public account. Not only the bogus patch, but the undeliverable email
message.

If you want to make yourself a whole lot safer, the easiest and quickest
thing you can do is get Outlook Express off your machine. It's the most
common target of these worms and viruses, because it's so easily
compromised. There are other free email programs which aren't so
vulnerable.

I say "so" vulnerable, because the one time I got infected, it was a Eudora
virus, and my guard was down because I trusted Eudora to be safe. "Never
trust anything" is the best motto.

Getting rid of OE is so easy. Control Panel>Add/remove programs>Windows
Setup. Uncheck "Address Book" and Window will complain that it will have to
uninstall Outlook Express if you leave that box unchecked.

Bingo!

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