[epub] Re: Virus problems - how they affect the publisher

["Jeantheau, Mark" <MJeantheau@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Understand that it's probably not your system sending the message.

Here's the scenario: Someone's PC gets infected with the virus. The
virus finds a message from you in the person's inbox. It grabs your
return address off the message and then uses it's own internal email
software to send a message out to someone else as if it came from you.
Your computer would not be involved at all in this scenario, but the
message does indeed appear to have come from you.

The really bad news: There's really no way to stop this sort of thing
when it's associated with a virus---just about any (unprotected) PC
could serve as a host, and there is no spammer to go after. Until people
start getting their virus protection up to date, we will have to endure.

Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: Janie Barnes [mailto:jwb@xxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 9:55 AM
To: epub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [epub] Re: Virus problems - how they affect the publisher

I couldn't have said it better myself!  My iMac and I are having the 
same problems.

I checked my Norton Internet Security (which also checks email) and it 
seems to be checking everything it's supposed to, but I don't know how 
even that can prevent someone using one of my email addresses (how can 
they do that in the first place) sending outgoing mail.

Please let me know any solutions!!

Many thanks,
Janie
jwb@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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