At 09:28 AM 02-11-02 +1100, you wrote:

> >>Lately I have received several messages from yahoogroups saying
> >>that I have requested to join this group. The message says:
> >>"Because you are already a member of this group, your request
> >>will not be processed."
>...
> > I get one about every two or three days. I just assume it's
> > some kind of bug in yahoo. It only affects this list, none of
> > my others.
>
>Do you also receive the Klez virus regularly by email?

Yes, I get two or three copies of it a day through my IBO mailbox,
generally appearing to be messages from you or Jason. They always have
either the Klez or the CIH virus as a payload and seem to come mostly
through that Singapore open relay, although some do come through a couple
in Brazil.

>I got 62 copies of it last month - almost all via the same open
>relay at pacific.net.sg, almost all with fake email addresses
>that appear to be sourced from the IBO list.
>
>I am wondering if the generator of these viruses occassionally
>uses the subscribe address for this group, resulting in yahoo
>thinking that I am trying to resubscribe.

That could be the case; and Yahoo strips off attachments.

I think this infection may be related to a robot pulling our email
addresses off the web site. Except for the "subscribe" ones, I get these
only through my two IBO mailboxes (hborrie@ and ourweb@ ) not through the
mailbox I use for yahoo.

regards,
Helen