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Today I got about 2000 bounced back email messages saying they couldn't be delivered. They were being sent to names of a company I have never heard of and the sending email address was one listed as a contact on one of my websites. The sending email address doesn't exist as an email account. This website I own just forwards that email address to a private email account I own.
I think this is the virus: [email protected] is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to email addresses gathered from the infected computer. The worm may also attempt to lower security settings, terminate processes, and open a back door on the compromised computer.
Would I be correct to assume that Verio's computer that is hosting my site is the one infected? Do you think there is any danger because I looked at a few of the bounced back emails to see what was going on? They all had attachments which I didn't open. Could you get infected by looking at the email on AOL or would have have to open the attachment to get infected?
I think this is the virus: [email protected] is a mass-mailing worm that sends itself to email addresses gathered from the infected computer. The worm may also attempt to lower security settings, terminate processes, and open a back door on the compromised computer.
Would I be correct to assume that Verio's computer that is hosting my site is the one infected? Do you think there is any danger because I looked at a few of the bounced back emails to see what was going on? They all had attachments which I didn't open. Could you get infected by looking at the email on AOL or would have have to open the attachment to get infected?