Just to assure everyone,  in my retirement, I have not taken to
sending spam. So far, I have received 1 email from polarcomm.net
informing me that [log in to unmask] attempted to send a virus to
[log in to unmask]

For starters, my alum.rpi.edu is still valid but is set to autoforward
to my new email address at gmail.com.  I did that last fall when my
RPI alumni free-for-life email suddenly morphed into my RPI alumni
$14.95 per year address.  Mail sent to that address gets forwarded to
me but I am unable to send from it.

Also,  my PC is behind a hardware router/firewall, I have a software
firewall, run McAfee AV software all the time and run Ad-Aware and
Spybot with up-to-date spyware lists at least once a week.  Can my PC
have been compromised? Possibly.  I'm not dumb enough to think that
I'm a security expert. I find it kind of strange that several people
have mentioned that they've received large amounts of spam in recent
days. The only spam I've gotten has been the note stating that I sent
an infected email.

If anyone has another idea of how I can better protect my PC, I'm
always ready to listen


On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 10:40:41 -0800, Anthony J. Buffa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Exactly and I dont even think Mark uses that address any more or at best
> uses it to forward to his real address.
>
> I have gotten the same content as Bill (below) but only in drips and
> drabs, not 100s maybe a dozen
>
> Tony Buffa
>
> ======
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> >    For instance, the most recent one is purportedly from
> >[log in to unmask], a long-time poster on HOCKEY-L.  I'm confident that
> >Mark is probably not even aware that his e-mail address is being used in an
> >unauthorized fashion.
> >
> >    The message reads: "Hi.  Did you get the previous document I attached
> >for you?  I resent it in this email just incase, because I really need you
> >to check it out asap."
> >
> >    My Norton anti-virus software has been intercepting all of these
> >attachments, but it's become a real nuisance as the number of bogus messages
> >continues to escalate.
> >
> >
> >Bill Corrigan
> >
> >LET'S GO BRUNO!
> >
> >
>