Just got a virus from an e-mail!!! (1 Viewer)

[BrianP]

Speaking of viruses, I received one today in my Yahoo account from [email protected]. I think that's Ron Epstein's address. It appears to have an attachment and says "Hi" in the subject header of the message. From what I could tell it is the SCO worm that has been going around for several weeks. My Yahoo account has been bombarded with that email virus over the past several weeks, but this was the first one received from a recognizable email address. Pretty scary because I almost opened it when I saw who it was from. Anyone else getting a virus from Ron Epstein?

 

[Rob Gillespie]

Most likely a spoofed address. There's literally millions of them.

 

[BrianP]

Probably correct about the spoofed address but it almost got me to open it.

 

[TonyD]

what is AVG?

 

[Brett DiMichele]

AVG is AntiVirus by GrisSoft.. It's free and it r0x my b0x!

 

[Greg*go]

AVG Home page

You can download a free version of it there as well. I use it too, and haven't had a problem with it yet. And unlike NAV or other big companies, they don't just do weekly updates. They usually have an update of virus definitions at least every 3 days or so.

 

[Rob Gillespie]

Symantec, Network Associates (McAfee) and Sophos will put out additional definition updates when the need arises. During 'MyDoom' week, McAfee saw four updates in seven days and Norton was about the same.