[NTLK] Possible virus?

[Dennis Swaney]

It is quite simple. Someone you have communicated with (either directly or
through a list) added your email address to their PC's address book (most
likely Outlook).  Now THEIR PC was hit with malware and the address book
contents were "harvested". It is these harvested addresses that are being
used

Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"I think, therefore I Mac"

On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Lord Groundhog <lordgroundhog at gmail.com>
wrote:

> ~~~ On 2015/04/20 03:56, Rod Lavington at rodlavo at gmail.com wrote ~~~
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > Just wondering if anyone else received a Whats App voice mail alert email
> > from Lord Groundhog today?  I have and doubt he would be sending me one!
> > I'm guessing he might have a virus on his computer.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Rod
> >
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> My apologies to all and sundry for these things.  Over the weekend I
> scanned
> for malware (I do this weekly) and then scanned again after this happened.
> Since I've found nothing, I'm not convinced it's a virus.
>
> I don't keep any address books for any of my e-mail accounts with the
> service providers or generally in the "cloud" (i.e., on Someone Else's
> Computer), so I that removes another possible  and I don't even use Whats
> App so I don't know what's going on with that.  I'm checking to see what
> might've happened.
>
> OTOH, I've received a set of 8 "Delivery Status Notification (Failure)"
> messages this morning, all timed between 03:36 and 03:52 and all saying
> that
> I tried to send messages to people I've never heard of and informing me
> that
> the e-mails couldn't be delivered.  Those also were about Whats App
> messages.
>
>
> The last time something like this happened my address (when I was using a
> yahoo address) was used to spam a list with porn, and because the list-dad
> was technologically unsophisticated he assumed it was my own doing and
> kicked me off the list, so I suppose I should be grateful (but I'm not).
>
>
> I suppose someone could've spoofed my address but I'm not sure how such
> thing could've been done in a way that they would know to target NewtonTalk
> people.
>
>
> Anyway, sorry for the inconvenience.  I'll try to figure out what to do to
> stop it.
>
>
> I bet these things wouldn't happen if Newtons ruled the world.
>
>
> Shalom,
>
> Christian
>
> ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
>
> *The Destruction Of Life As We Know It*
>     might not be as relevant to Newtons
>         as poutine.
>                -- Lord Groundhog
>
> http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ZzpdPJ7Zr4
> (With thanks to Chod Lang)
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> http://www.diyplanner.com/node/3942
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>
> ~~~ ~~~ ~~~
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