 Alcohol
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join:2003-05-26
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to Engineer88
Re: E-MAIL VIRUS - FORGED "ADMIN@OPTONLINE.NET" sourceHow did this email get out? Nobody in my family got this.
Was it only to random members? |
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said by Alcohol:
How did this email get out? Nobody in my family got this.
Was it only to random members?
The email has nothing to do with OOL. It's a virus that's spreading around. If you are in someone's address book who got infected, you'll probably get mailed a copy of it. |
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Alcohol
Premium Member
join:2003-05-26
Climax, MI |
to Engineer88
I thought it was sent by Admin@optonline.net
Wanted to know if it was getting sent by admin to random people |
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You didn't read the information about the virus correctly. The e-mail is not being sent by the admin. It's being sent by some malicious person spoofing the admin addresses of many companies, including optonline. |
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to Alcohol
said by Alcohol:
I thought it was sent by Admin@optonline.net
Wanted to know if it was getting sent by admin to random people
The "from" address of any email is easily forged. The from address is basically meaningless when dealing with virus or spam. This virus takes the domain of the person it's sending email to and forges the from to be admin@ the domain it's sending to.com |
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to Engineer88
Still circulating I see .... I got it today  From: admin@optonline.net - No Subject - 04 Aug 2003 - 2K |
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I think these are the most secure settings for Outlook Express. You should also go to your Internet Explorer security settings and set all four zones to their Default levels. |
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I got the email on one of my email adresses. I guess OOL's filter removed the body and the attachment. Would be nice if they told me thats what they did. |
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