[wplug] email viruses

[James O'Kane]

On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Nathan Powell wrote:

> 2 questions... 1 how can you get an eamil virus without having an 
> attachment, and two, if you see an attachment on this list(what reason would 
> anyone have to send attachments) why would you download it???


The virus in question wasn't sent to the list, but sends out email using
random addresses from your address book and possibly recent email for the
To: and From: parts. I've moderated most if not all of the emails sent to
the list, but they seem to be increasing in frequency.

-james