Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!cyclone.bc.net!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: pennypotter1968@yahoo.co.uk (Penny) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Life in Japan members:Did anyone get that Microsoft Update Patch Virus? because I think one of you sent it to me--read on..... Date: 9 Jul 2003 17:40:58 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 20 Message-ID: <4c99db24.0307091640.182b074c@posting.google.com> References: <4c99db24.0307082057.23f36ffc@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 211.0.158.163 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1057797659 13259 127.0.0.1 (10 Jul 2003 00:40:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Jul 2003 00:40:59 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:2553 pennypotter1968@yahoo.co.uk (Penny) wrote in message news:<4c99db24.0307082057.23f36ffc@posting.google.com>... > I recieved a forwarded email from someone with the UPDATE Microsoft > patch virus. > The reason Im asking here is because as far as I know this place is > the only place Ive posted anything, and its a fairly new account. > There was a long list of email addresses enclosed in the forwarded > mail, many of these had the address @neis.cr.usgs.gov which seems > to belong to the Earthquake Hazards Program. > > can anyone add anymore info or figure out if its just I who is > recieving this mail? My main point wasnt about HOW it arrived at my mail box. Im not worried about the virus itself. I only use this email account to post to THIS newsgroup. The question was really about how it managed to find its way to my in box when only this newsgroup has it. Thats the reason why I asked. So if none of you have had this particular mail then Im completely stumped as to how its found its way to me via people i dont know.