Today I checked my e-mail and found this

Subject:Virus Alert [Encrypted document]
User [Redacted]@[Redacted].[Redacted] tried to send you a message
containing the Win32/Bagle.O.ZIP.Worm virus.

Subject:Virus Alert [Forum notify]
User [Redacted]@[Redacted].[Redacted] tried to send you a message
containing the Win32/Bagle.N.Worm virus.

Who this mother****er is I don't know but i know he's from this forums because i read the [Redacted]@[Redacted].[Redacted] somewhere here.

I doubt someone who sends viruses will use his real email address as the "address from".

he thought that if i opened it that my comp. screws up and that i never knew who did it.

Well at least you caught it before it did any damage. Although it is disturbing if it was a user from this forum.

Ey t7 since you are the moderator where are the points for in this


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This are your records but where is the points for?

There are many email virii out that spoof the email addresses of people found in address books. So that email address was probably in an infected person's address book and has no idea that the virus is using his name.

In fact he's probably getting emails from servers that are bouncing back "his" email because it contains a virus.

I know I get about 4-5 of those per day into my yahoo mail account.

also the other favourite one is to use a scanning program and "steal" email addresses from things like IRC and websites , and the fact so many people have been placing their emails in some of the threads here makes for easy grabbing

thats why if i put my email somewhere like here i put

myemailname_removethis_at_yahoo.co.removethisalso. nz

... ps my email is myemailname@ etc etc , i just put that there instead of the name of my email

Yet another one

Subject:Virus Alert [Warning about your e-mail account.]
User [Redacted]@[Redacted].[Redacted] tried to send you a message
containing the Win32/Bagle.N.Worm virus.


Damn im happy with my mail scanner:D