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Virus??
« on: November 18, 2010, 09:42:25 PM »
Has anyone received a similar virus through a kidsemail account?
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Sup [kids name] You've gotta check out this new way to make $ online. My biggest day making money online was $430 dollars and I just started last week! Click on this page and it will take you 15 minutes MAX to get started making money - make sure they send you the kit for free!
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This email was sent to both of my kids accounts from their aunt's account; however, I did not get a copy of the email. With all of us in her contacts, I found this very odd. Wondering if this was triggered through kidsemail.org. I'm sure the link triggered a virus, as the relative did not send this to my child.

Can an administrator please research this? I want to ensure that this server is clean as well.

Thank you.
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Re: Virus??
« Reply #1 on: November 20, 2010, 03:40:23 PM »
Thank you for the post.  This is a common virus attack, typically coming from either the machine that's in the FROM address, or someone who has both people in their contact list.

I would suggest that the Aunt does a virus check on her system. If her computer is clean, then it probably came from someone else's computer.  It is not related to the email server itself.

Thanks.
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