On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 18:35:19 +0100, Chris Hogg wrote:

In case anyone else gets this...

I've just had a message purporting to come from my ISP (Virgin.net),
saying that a lot of spam has been coming from my e-mail address, and
suggesting that my computer had become infected by a trojan, and that
I should follow the instructions in the attachment.

This surprised me a little, as I have efficient and reputable
anti-virus etc. software. When I downloaded the message (I read it
first through Mailwasher), my a-v software detected a virus in the
attachment and deleted it.

So the whole thing was a hoax and a means of spreading its own virus.
You have been warned!

BTW, it says on Virgin's website that they never send attachments to
e-mails.

Chris, I had a suspicious email appearing to be from virgin.net (my
isp) a few days ago. I had recently installed Avast, a free antivirus
program (on top of two others!) and it seems very efficient. It even
speaks and has picked up a few dubious incoming messages already.
Had it not done so on this I would have assumed it was OK, being from
Virgin. As I was warned, I deleted it
We cannot be too careful.

Pam in Bristol