Atention: Did you get email from me?

You may have gotten a virus from my email. I received an "undeliverable mail" message from my postmaster this morning, and it was mail I never sent, nor was it to someone I know, but was sent from my email address. It appears to be like the emails that carry a worm virus, and it didn't say when it was sent from my computer. It was returned to me about 11:42 last night (9/18).

As it happens, I installed Norton Internet Security yesterday afternoon (before I even knew about this email!), and it checks for Virus automatically. My computer was clean. I didn't go online then to update for the latest Virus but will do so immediately. I haven't been concerned up to now about a Virus as most are written for a PC and I have a Mac. However, I guess email could carry a virus that affects someone else's PC even if it didn't affect my Mac.

If you have had any emails from my address, please check for a Virus, and please don't think I did it purposefully.

Thanks,
darius

Hey, Darius - Thanks for the warning. If someone else had a virus and it plugged your e-mail in the FROM or REPLY-TO, you would end up getting the bounce message even if you weren't the one who sent it. If you just got the latest updates and scanned, you're probably okay...Especially being a Mac user.

Thanks, Kimberly.

I've run live update since you've emailed me and I'm fine....

I had the klez virus come though 3 times yesterday...but Norton caught them...they didn't have the name of anyone I knew. I use Eudora email and thought it kept them at bay. Jo

Darius,
I have received 4 of these in the last 2 days..It is the same as you say.I comes to me as undelivered mail from me...NOT...


"I received an undeliverable mail message from my postmaster this morning, and it was mail I never sent, nor was it to someone I know, but was sent from my email address. "

My computer also comes up clean, but it is still scary..I have had 2 crashes, and lost everything in the last 4 months..All anti-virus up to date..SPOOKY..

Larkie

Eudora will warn you if you try to execute an attachment, but it doesn't stop virus-infected attachments from being downloaded. Norton AV removes the virus and replaces it with a text file describing the action Norton took on mine - is that what it does on yours? I'm running System Works 2001 and wondered if 2002 had a different method of notifying you when a virus has been intercepted.

Got 2 more today...but good old Norton...2001...right on the job! Jo