[onecrazysquaw]

Hey gang..
a while back someone had mentioned an email virus going around.
( i hope this isnt a repeat topic,but in the event it isn't)
I got one from:
scorpions@lycos.net

IT HAD AN ATTACHMENT(text document) and it contained a virus..
PLEASE BE CAREFUL GANG!
OCS

[beowulf]

Paula, that was me. Gabi emailed me and told me that she got one from jameskottak@gmx.de. I'm still getting a few from email addresses that have something to do with Scorpions fans. However, I'm getting ones from other addresses as well.
Here are a couple of examples.
webmaster@battlestargalactica.com
webmaster@starwars.com
webmaster@startrek.net
So forth. I've even gotten a few from some educational institutes like Harvard and Yale.
The best thing to do is to alert your email service to the problem and keep letting them know everytime that it happens.
I've been reporting every forged email that I've been getting. Yahoo email has been letting me know what they have been doing to stop the problem.
It's the only thing that I know what to do for now besides deleting the email with the infected attachment.

[Rising_Force]

thank for the info ocs and beowulf
god bless our computers ))

[onecrazysquaw]

You are welcome my little scorps brother!..
The PC can be such an awesome tool..yet there are people out there that use it and abuse it.

CHEERS from SUNNY Californiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

OCS

[giggs11]

its a mass mailing worm!!!!the worm uses the infected e-mails adress book to generate the address!!so u may think it was ur friend or something!!the best is to scan an attachment b4 downloading it!!
-giggs11-

[Adrian]

thanks!!!!!!!!!!! i'll be care about it

[onecrazysquaw]

Thanks BEOWULF for such useful information.
This kind of thing can harm us all. LETS ALL BE CAREFUL!

I will post here if I get more "funny looking" emails.

Ciao
Paula

[beowulf]

I just received an email from my email service and it had an attachment to it. The attachment contains a virus. I know that the email didn't come from Yahoo and I'll forward the email to Yahoo's mail abuse division.
Be on the lookout for email's from your email service that contains attachments. If you get one, ask them about it and let them know before opening up the attachment.