Is this why I received a mail from an ISP informing me that I sent one of 
their customers a virus. I wasn;t even on my home computer (it was a school 
box) and I hadn't sent anyone anything. In fact, the user was and still is 
unknown to me.

On Tuesday 27 January 2004 08:56 pm, Jay Jacobson said:
~ On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Michael Havens wrote:
~
~ >
~ > Do you realize that we can use any new virus that comes along as a
 springboard ~ > for linux? Whenever I get a message with an attachment I
 send them back this ~ > message:
~ >
~ > 	Thanks for sending me the new virus.
~ > 	I don't run Windows so this new virus does not bother me at all. If you
 are ~ > 	interested in an operating system that is impervious to almost any
 virus ~ > 	learn about Linux.
~
~
~ Actually, many new virii (including the recent few) spoof their 'from'
~ addresses. The "From:" line in the email does *not* indiciate the person
~ who sent it. Thus, sending this reply would not be of any value - the
~ "sender" may not be infected at all. In fact, the "sender" may well even
~ be running Linux themselves.
~
~ ~Jay
~

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