Norm Kalbfleisch added you as a connection on Plaxo
Laura & Dave (Sat, 17 Jan 2009 21:10:37 PST)
This blanket email demonstrates the "cunning" of the hacker. There are
a couple of ways to do this, at least. One is to create a false header
made to look like it came from Norm, and fooling the system into
thinking that was the true source. Another, more sinister way, is to
have Norm's computer actually generate the messages, which means that
his computer, and now some of ours probably, is infected with malicious
programs of some form or another. I'd recommend everyone make sure that
your virus software has the latest signature files loaded, then check
every thing (system files, memory, and everything on any drive). It
might take a while, but it's worth it. In addition to virus software
(we use F-Prot)) there is a good free program for clearing junk files
called Ad-Aware. By the way, I received this same e-mail from several
different sources. Lucky me!! Do hackers make good mulch?
I'd rather be gardening
Dave Brastow