hi, i keep getting emails saying that my message hasnt been delivered because they have the sobig.f virus on them... i am on a mac so i shouldnt be affected should i? it is only spam mail companies and advert companies sending me the message so im not that bothered - i dont even recall sending them any emails as they are a pain in the ass. but does anything reside on the mac and in my email box that is spreading around in the emails? if there is how do i get rid of it? i have norton antivirus installed with the latest definitions. I am just fed up with all these emails saying that i have sent them infected emails. how can i stop it? thanks

You should be fine. The virus can only be exicuted by a PC. Macs (no matter what operating system) dont know what to do with .exe files. If there was a virus you got it from someone elses email that had it and you may have forwarded it on to someone else. Not your fault. The virus started somewhere else. Hope that answers your question

Jon, I recently got a few "bounced email" notices for emails I never sent, and I'm pretty certain what's going on is the latest several worms are "spoofing" the sender address by grabbing an address in the address book of the infected computer. So somebody who knows you, owns a PC and is infected is sending these emails out in your name. When the server bounces them back, they go to the address in the "From" field- that's you. See http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/ venc/data/w32.sobig.f@mm.html about the W32.Sobig.F@mm worm where it says ------------------- Email routine details The email message has the following characteristics: From: Spoofed address (which means that the sender in the "From" field is most likely not the real sender). The worm may also use the address, admin@internet.com, as the sender. NOTES: The spoofed addresses and the Send To addresses are both taken from the files found on the computer. Also, the worm may use the settings of the infected computer's settings to check for an SMTP server to contact. ... and so on and so forth, then ... Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP --------------------- Is your machine on that list? Bet it ain't. So, it's not you, no way Jose. If anyone complains to you refer them to the page above which, if they read and understand, makes it quite clear you are a victim, not the perpetrator. Regards, waterboy

I have the same problem with the guy who opened this forum,it keep saying i have sent out the infected virus to one i don't know at all,and i have never sent out any email to them,i have updated my lastest pcccillin2003 definition and can't check out any viurs,i have try stinger,and mnuallly find the"winppr32.exe" files,but it doesn't appear that files too,atlast is the worse thing,i am using windows pc,i think it will be risky than mac system?i don't know how to stop that action it keep using my email to sent out those virus infected mail to other, and i also keep receiving that kind of mail with the sobig virus subject,like"detail"!my email always been bomb by those spam mail,anyone can help me out please?