Re: W32/Novarg.A virus

From: Ben Measures (saint_abroadremove_at_removehotmail.com)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 02:48:32 +0000

Mark A Framness wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am getting an occasional mailing with the W32/Novarg.A virus. The messages
> come as bounced e-mail messages. Looking at the headers they appear to be
> genuine bounces. These messages must send themselves out with e-mail
> addresses found on infected systems, correct?

No. Infected systems can send viruses out using *your* email address.
The mail will be bounced back to you.

This is a common way to spread viruses now, they send an email to a
bogus address which gets (legitimately, though not correctly) bounced
back to you. You check to see what attachment you "sent" then poof!
You've been had. 

-- 
Ben M.
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