# Has Any Member Of SDMB Ever Been Found Guilty Of Creating A Virus?

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**Created:** [December 29, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-member-of-sdmb-ever-been-found-guilty-of-creating-a-virus/221492 "2003-12-29T00:58:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-member-of-sdmb-ever-been-found-guilty-of-creating-a-virus/221492/1 "2003-12-29T00:58:07Z")

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I ask because lately I’ve been getting e-mails with German subjects and as far as I know, Y’all are the only ones outside of **G’Dope** that know I call Germany home.

The most recent e-mail was worded in German and when I scanned it, it wouldn’t let me download it because it contained a virus.

I am not accusing anyone, okay? And I certainly know that there are other very sophisticated methods of “harvesting” e-mail addresses.

Just asking, that’s all. 😃

Thanks for a wonderful year, and thank you **Mods** and **Admins** for giving your time to the _Teemsters_! I got my t-shirt and I wear it proudly! Getting ready to order another few for next Christmas for some friends!

Love

Q

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**Author:** ![Molson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Molson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molson)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-member-of-sdmb-ever-been-found-guilty-of-creating-a-virus/221492/2 "2003-12-29T04:51:00Z")

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More likely just a typo. I get stuff with some asian language (Chinese or Korean?) and I don’t live there. Some times I get things from India wanting a job with my non-existant company.

Since you have an email address with sever digits at the end, the odds are that there are a hundred other names one digit off from yours.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-member-of-sdmb-ever-been-found-guilty-of-creating-a-virus/221492/3 "2003-12-29T22:04:08Z")

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Not from us.

I doubt someone is harvesting addresses off the board; that’s a lot of work for a little result.

Sorry you’ve been having problems.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2003, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-member-of-sdmb-ever-been-found-guilty-of-creating-a-virus/221492/4 "2003-12-30T14:58:17Z")

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I’ve had German spam in the past. Although the only German I can speak is to tell you my name and that I have a brother. For some reason I can also ask the best way to the train station. So I doubt your German spam has anything to do with the SDMB.