Curious once only virus

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dave Cohen
  • Start date Start date
D

Dave Cohen

A few months back, while on vacation I got what seemed to be a very genuine
message from South West Airlines. I couldn't read it until I got home. It
was detected as a virus and never saw it again (was bounced using
mailwasher).

A little while back I created a website on freeservers.com and took out an
email address for my square dance club on hotmail. This address was only
ever used to sign up for freeservers, and is the name of the club. Some time
later I got that same virus laden message (to the club address) which I
deleted. Couldn't bounce at that time since I hadn't got mailwasher pro at
that point. Again, a once only post (so far).
1. Has anyone else seen this
2. Am I being paranoid in assuming that club address was somehow leaked by
freeservers.

Last year I did do genuine business with South West Airlines.
Dave Cohen
 
A few months back, while on vacation I got what seemed to be a very genuine
message from South West Airlines. I couldn't read it until I got home. It
was detected as a virus and never saw it again
Click to expand...


Think. How would anyone here know which virus it was out of all that
are ITW? In addition, we are not psychic. How anyone got your email
address is anyone's guess.

Screaming Jeebus Whistlehands! How much effort does it take to
activate a few brain cells?
 
Think. How would anyone here know which virus it was out of all that
Click to expand...

I thought perhaps the name of the sender might ring a bell . Sorry for
making such a rash assumption.

Dave Cohen
 
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

A little while back I created a website on
freeservers.com and took out an email address for my
square dance club on hotmail. This address was only
ever used to sign up for freeservers, and is the name
of the club. Some time later I got that same virus
laden message (to the club address) which I deleted.
Click to expand...
2. Am I being paranoid in assuming that club address
was somehow leaked by freeservers.
Click to expand...

No. By Hotmail. Check your settings... You may be
listed in their members directory by default. Also,
did you sign up to receive their newsletters or
special offers?

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: PGP 8.0.2
Comment: Because I *can* be.

iQA/AwUBP7Sp2KRseRzHUwOaEQKqiwCg8iYpg5VYV62GJqz9UCTQKwS0JgwAoNaB
7RXHt4JyPhkpN3m0sZzB9kez
=dTNP
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

--
Laura Fredericks
PGP key ID - DH/DSS 2048/1024: 0xC753039A

http://www.queenofcyberspace.com/usenet/

Remove CLOTHES to reply.
 
Back
Top