Like just about everyone with e-mail, I’ve received a lot of messages in the last 24 hours regarding the Mydoom (aka Novarg) e-mail worm. Not only infected messages, but also bounce messages saying that mail I sent couldn’t be delivered because it contained a virus. Of course, I didn’t send the mail; the virus was running on someone else’s computer and pretended it was me because my e-mail address was in someone’s address book.
So here’s the Worm Game: figure out who I know that was infected with Mydoom, by looking at the addresses the worm used to send mail from “me.” In other words, whose addressbook has my name and the name of the intended recipient?
Probably it’s more than one person. I can’t think of anyone who might have my address plus addresses at
- legis.state.pa.us
- yahoo.it
- guardian.co.uk
- watchovia.com
- fractalfreak.com
- marlinbroadcasting.com
But if it’s you, please update and run your virus scanner and stop clicking on attachments in your e-mail!
(If you don’t use Windows, then it’s not you. This worm, like most computer viruses, only runs on Windows.)
