I just got my lap top back. Virus free, all new, clean and rebuilt. I'm
catching up on my e-mails and am sure I will enjoy reading up on this thread.
The bottom line is that the virus is usually received from someone you know.
I remember a few years ago I received an e-mail from my boss with the subject
'I Love You'. That virus was alot less destructive and simply sent an I Love
You message to everyone in my address book.
The mistake I made is not keeping my anti virus software up to date. I'm more
fortunate then most since almost all of my important files were backed up and
since I work for a software company and my laptop was rebuilt in house.
I now have some of the latest most complex antiviurs software on the planet
loaded on my laptop.
Joel
In a message dated 1/30/2004 4:04:48 AM Eastern Standard Time,
harry.porter@verizon.net writes:
Actually, in many (likely most) cases the "sender" of the email, or
their PC, isn't involved at all. The virus "spoofs" (artificially
inserts) that sender's name and/or address by picking it up on the
computer that's actually infected -- from another email, the address
book, or by scanning other files.
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