[Wolves] Virus??

[Mo Awkati]

> You are quite correct.  The Netsky family spoof the
> from address using
> any addresses found on the infected machine,
> including web pages, so if
> your address was on a web page the system visited,
> it could be used.
> 
> > Does it affect my Linux machine?
> 
> No, it is a windows executable that would requires
> Windows, Internet
> Explorer and Outlook/Outlook Express in order to
> infect the system.  Now
> if you were collecting your email as root with OE
> under VMWare/WINE, it
> might be a different story...
> 
> > I have not
> > opened any of the emails and deleted them straight
> > away.
> 
> Best thing to do with them.
> 
> HTH
> 
> -- 
> Ron Wellsted
> http://www.wellsted.org.uk
> ron at wellsted.org.uk
> N 52.567623, W 2.137621
> 

Thanks Ron. I never ever surf the net under root, and
I haven't used wine etc. 

Thanks

Mo

> 
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