<P>This is unverified but it sure seems fishy to me.</P><br />
<P>Lately, I have been receiving spam emails at work with a virus in them. The type of virus varies, sometimes it is a bad one, sometimes the virus does not appear to do anything other than trigger our corporate virus software.</P><br />
<P>I think that this may be a sneaky way for a spammer to verify a live email address. If you haven't turned it off, your virus software may be automatically sending an email to anyone that sends you a virus to let them know they have a problem with their system. If that person happens to be a spammer, your system has just let them know that your email exists and is active (not a good thing)!</P><br />
<P>I would suggest finding this <EM>feature</EM> in your virus software options and turning it off. It does not help (in fact it has the exact opposite effect — it clogs the internet with antivirus reply emails triggered by the virii - thereby increasing the detrimental effect with the collateral damage of thousands of <EM>helpful</EM> emails flying about).</P><br />
<P>Peace,<BR />Kell</P>
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