Like just about everyone with e-mail, I’ve received a lot of messages in the last 24 hours regarding the Mydoom (aka Novarg) e-mail worm. Not only infected messages, but also bounce messages saying that mail I sent couldn’t be delivered because it contained a virus. Of course, I didn’t send the mail; the virus was running on someone else’s computer and pretended it was me because my e-mail address was in someone’s address book.
So here’s the Worm Game: figure out who I know that was infected with Mydoom, by looking at the addresses the worm used to send mail from “me.” In other words, whose addressbook has my name and the name of the intended recipient?
Probably it’s more than one person. I can’t think of anyone who might have my address plus addresses at
- legis.state.pa.us
- yahoo.it
- guardian.co.uk
- watchovia.com
- fractalfreak.com
- marlinbroadcasting.com
But if it’s you, please update and run your virus scanner and stop clicking on attachments in your e-mail!
(If you don’t use Windows, then it’s not you. This worm, like most computer viruses, only runs on Windows.)
Posted by kuri at January 28, 2004 11:40 AMI’ve been getting a lot of those messages too. I just delete everything, but man is it annoying. I think it’s interrupted my service too lately, because there have been several days where my ISP’s server has been down for maintenance. Hope they don’t have it! I don’t realize how much I rely on email for work until I can’t receive or send it. It’s like having the water go out in the house for awhile. Suddenly you’re thirsty, you need to do laundry and your armpits stink.
Posted by: Jenny on January 28, 2004 08:52 PMI’m getting those e-mails to addresses that don’t even officially exist, and I have never used. I’m wondering how that may have come about. serg @ mydomain.com doesn’t even seem like something that a worm or spammer might try generically.
Posted by: UltraBob on January 29, 2004 02:03 PM