I didn't open it -- I did have Yahoo scan it to confirm that it was what I thought it was.
Sure enough, the "virus checker" that was attached was actually the Beagle virus.
I was sent it from what seemed to be my forwarder (UCLAlumni.net); earlier today I found out that all addressees on another domain (LCFic.com) had received something very similar.
Nasty, VILE spammers!
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i got three with attachments saying things like Re: your document from addresses I didn't know. Just deleted em without any delay.
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The problem with this one (and the ones my friends got) is that they SEEM to come from an address I do know!
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As I said. There are several viruses out there this week, and they've been busy. I'll bet your friend has Outlook or Outlook Express.
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That uclaumni.net forwarding address is a hotbed of virus/spam activity. I can't believe I paid for the lifetime alumni fee just to get that crappy mail service.
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Ah ha! YOU are one of those "liberal elitists" OSC warned us about: Destroying the social fabric by day, condemning Harry Potter to a separate NYT bestselling list by night. Evil! Evil I say!
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My computer decided to crash this week, and my A/V stopped working. Then it wouldn't let me uninstall it. Then I attempted to reinstall it, which began with uninstalling itself first. But the reinstalled version now doesn't work. So yeah -- GRRRR.
I downloaded/installed the AVG one that John recommended -- John, if you're following this thread, from what I read it appears that AVG protects from viruses in e-mail, but not when I use Outlook Express? Do you have any info on that? I don't open unknown junk anyway, but the last time I got hit was because it worked without my opening it, via the preview pane, which I no longer use. I'd still rather be safe, though, especially since I started receiving them pretty frequently a few weeks ago.