Re: [APML] OT: Anti Virus Software

["Bert Katzung" <katzung1@comcast.net>]

Hi Michael:
SOBIG may be one of those "spoofing" worms that uses your address, not your
computer. So the e-mails with the infection are coming from the hacker's
computer under your address but your machine is not infected. At least
that's the way I understand it.
Once they have  your address, you can't do anything about it, but at least
you're not responsible for what's going out. I notice that a lot of people
use modified addresses in their e-mails, like "soandso at isp.net" putting
in spaces and the the word "at" instead of the at sign. That presumably
slows down or prevents automated harvesting of your address by hackers'
programs.
Maybe one of the computer experts will chime in here?
Bert

Bert Katzung
katzung1@comcast.net
www.astronomy-images.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Stecker" <mstecker@dslextreme.com>
To: "Discussion of Film Astrophotography" <astro-photo@seds.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [APML] OT: Anti Virus Software


> Hello Jim and others in APML:
>
> At least you got an answer from Norton's.  I emailed them for help and
never
> got an answer.  One thing that bothers me is that I keep on getting emails
> related to the SOBIG.F worm as well as emails from others saying that I
have
> sent them emails with SOBIG.F infection.  I used the Symantec Fix Tool for
> SOBIG.F several times and it has NEVER detected SOBIG.F on my computer.
Can
> someone explain why I am getting and sending infected SOBIG.F emails if
the
> worm is not in my computer (according to Symantec/Norton's)?
>
>
> Michael Stecker
> mstecker@dslextreme.com
>
> My Web Site:
> http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/index.html (INDEX)
> http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/astrogallery.html (Astroimage Index)
> http://www.homestead.com/mstecker/placesindex.html (Places Index)
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Janusz" <jjanusz@dc.rr.com>
> To: <astro-photo@seds.org>
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:45 PM
> Subject: [APML] OT: Anti Virus Software
>
>
> > Maybe you guys can help.
> >
> > I recently updated my Norton Anti Virus subscription.  Hours after doing
> > this it stopped working correctly.  It now gives and Activex error
message
> > and just sits there refreshing the status of my security features.
Norton
> > support has been less than useless trying to blame it all on MS IE.
I've
> > reinstalled IE and searched the MS database to no avail.
> >
> > Has anyone seen this problem?  If not what does everyone think of
McAfee?
> >
> > Frustrated with incompetent support staff.  Even worse, I'm an ex
> Technical
> > Support Director so it's really got me mad.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Astronomy  Web Page at:
> > http://www.astroimager.net/
> >
> >
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