Why do I receive an email with the subject ´WARNING: YOU WERE SENT A VIRUS´?
Since the 14. December 2001 all emails that pass through our servers are scanned for both viruses and SPAM (unwanted ad emails). If an email is detected to have a virus, the following procedure is taken:
- The email is deleted and will never be delivered to the intended recipient.
- An email is send with the subject ’WARNING: YOU MAY HAVE A VIRUS’ to the listed from address, but only if the sender is from an account on our servers.
- An email is send with the subject ’WARNING: YOU WERE SENT A VIRUS’ to the intended recipient, put only if the sender is from an account on our servers.
The warning contains information regarding who send the infected email, who the intended recipient was and what virus was detected.
To sum up, you have NOT been infected with a virus- it was very close, but the mail was detected in time and made no harm. The sender has been notified and should immediately install an antivirus program that can solve the program.
Further information regarding viruses can be found on one of the numerous virus lexicons, antivirus companies offer on the internet. A couple of the good ones are:
Danish Computer Emergency Response Team (DK?CERT) - on Danish.
F-Secure - har været på banen siden 1994!
McAfee - good lexicon, but it almost drowns in popup windows...