[Gllug] Attempt to send me a virus or what?

[Adrian McMenamin]

I have had a few messages in the last few days in the format (or very
similar) below. As I am pretty sure I am not sending out emails with
viruses attached (all outbound mail is run through clamav anyway) and
certainly not to obscure (to me - no offence) addresses in the Czech
Republic I wonder why I am getting these - especially as the "attached
file" is never attached.

Is this somebody with an infected machine sending out emails in my name or
is it a crude attempt to get me to click on the "attachment" and so run
the infected file? And why now given that the virus named is nothing new?


---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: EMF Notification
From:    "Mail-Admin Notifier" <mailadmin at srz.com>
Date:    Mon, 28 November, 2005 10:37 am
To:      adrian at mcmen.demon.co.uk
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sender Note - Inbound Virus Found

Attention: A virus was detected in a message you recently sent to our
location.  The infected message was quarantined and will not be
delivered to the recipients at this organization.  Please run an
antivirus program immediately to scan your desktop for known viruses.
After you have ensured that your desktop is virus-free, you can resend
the message.  If you need assistance, please contact your mail
administrator.  Virus information on this infected message follows:
Virus Scanner found the
 W32/Sober at MM!M681 virus
   in the attached file: mailtext.zip



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