Whats different about the “backscatter” virus?
It stores your email address and sends junk mail (perhaps to friends, relatives and co-workers) that makes it look as if you are endorsing the products the spammer has attached to your name. If that isn’t bad enough, the spammer does not verify if the email addresses even exist. What that means is that every email message sent to a non-existent email account shows up in your inbox. This could be one or one million, depending on the number of email accounts the spammer has listed and due to the severity of the virus itself. Imagine the embarrassment after having friends and relatives open an email message that they believe is being sent by you, only to find advertisements for designer goods or explicit materials.
