Virus scan result shows problem shock horror!

debian debiani386 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 14 05:39:10 UTC 2008


On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 13:21 +0100, Graham Watkins wrote:
> Xandros Pilosa wrote:
> > Graham Watkins:
> >   
> >> Recent virus scans using Clamav with Avscan front end have shown a 
> >> virus: Phishing.Heuristics.Email.SpoofedDomain as infecting my mailbox
> >>
> >> This presumably relates to a phishing E-mail I got recently purporting 
> >> to be from Monster (which is weird because I'm not registered with them) 
> >> which I deleted. However, it still shows up on scans.
> >>
> >>     
> > Hello Graham,
> > deleting inbox won't be necessary. Compacting your inbox and/or other 
> > directories should do the job.
> > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Thunderbird_:_Tips_:_Compacting_Folders
> > Just to be on the safe side: I would do this in off-line mode.
> > Regards!
> >

I am looking up information on this virus and wondering if it affects
only thunderbird users or will it affect evolution users as well? Sorry
if this sounds dumb, this virus is new to me
--cj





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