someone you know has been infected and has your address in their address book.

the virus scans the infected computer for addresses and then sends e-mail using the addresses it finds, purporting to be from the person, in this case, you.

You may want to send an email to all the adddresses in your address book warning them of this particular virus and asking the recipients to ensure that THEIR virus definitions are current.

other than that the only thing you can do is to remain vigilant and to practise safe computing.

david williams