Worm.SomeFool.I

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Don

Outlook 2002 is acting very picular and I believe it is a
worm. I have received several emails stating I was
sending emails with this worm. These messages have files
attached, which I have not opened, but Outlook 2002 is
acting like it has a worm or virus. I have all the
Microsoft updates and am running Norton Internet Security
2004 and System Works 2004. What am i missing and I need
help fixing this.

Don
 
The messages you're getting are probably viruses in themselves, being
sneaky. I think this is Netsky. Delete the messages - is Norton scanning
your mail?
How is Outlook acting like it has a worm or virus?
 
Norton is scanning both incoming and outgoing email. The
screen display is changing everytime I bring Outlook up.
The will try and find all the messages I have received
telling me I have been sending emails with the somefool.I
worm. Some times I have trouble sending emails with
outlook telling me there is an STMP error. This all
started about a week ago and Norton is not helping.
HELP!!!
 
I did a little research on Netsky and do not have a .pif
file attached to the VIRUS ALERT, nor do I have
(e-mail address removed) in my address book. The
following is the text of the message I received.

HELP

Don



VIRUS ALERT

Our content checker found
virus: Worm.SomeFool.I
in email presumably from you (<[email protected]>), to
the following recipient:
-> (e-mail address removed)

Please check your system for viruses,
or ask your system administrator to do so.

Delivery of the email was stopped!


For your reference, here are headers from your email:
------------------------- BEGIN HEADERS -------------------
----------
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from auburnfcu.net (syr-24-59-130-
79.twcny.rr.com [24.59.130.79])
by pop3.vplp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDCCD81E34
for <[email protected]>; Mon, 22 Mar 2004
20:34:23 +0000 (GMT)
From: (e-mail address removed)
To: (e-mail address removed)
Subject: Re: Your software
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:37:07 -0500
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="----
=_NextPart_000_0004_00007490.00003F2B"
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
-------------------------- END HEADERS --------------------
----------
 
I did a little research on Netsky and do not have a .pif
file attached to the VIRUS ALERT, nor do I have
(e-mail address removed) in my address book. The
following is the text of the message I received.
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Ah. This is an NDR (non-delivery response or "bounce"). Some has you in
their address book and their PC is infected. Many worms alter the sender
field of the message, using the addresses it finds in the address book to
masquerade as different senders. For some messages, your address was
chosen, so that the intended recipient's mail router sees you as the sender.
The recipient's email system saw the virus and (stupidly) sends back a
message to what it sees as the sender: you. Your machine didn't send the
original message, someone else's did.
 
Are you saying I do NOT have a worm or virus? Norton says
I am clean, but outlook is acting screwy
 
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