The more recent virii have the annoying trait of searching many different file types on your computer for email addresses, thereby harvesting a far greater number of varied email addresses than just the address book contains. anthony On Wednesday 05 May 2004 03:46 pm, Jim Smith wrote: > What most likely happened is that someone that has your email address in > the address book got a virus and then the messages were sent out appearing > to have come from you, stinks ... > > > Jim > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Vaughn Treude > Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 15:56:38 -0400 > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: Security risk or weird spam? > > > On Wednesday 05 May 2004 18:09, you wrote: > > > I use postfix, spamassassin, amavisd-new what is the easiest way to > > > block the email messages that say such and such a user sent a virus to > > > xyz company, since most of the virus messages are spoofed anyways. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > I figured it was probably some kind of trick. Does it mean people are > > sending out viruses with my name on them? That really ticks me off. > > (But I suppose it happens to everybody these days.) > > > > Vaughn > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: tickticker > > > Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 13:31:30 -0700 > > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > Subject: Re: Security risk or weird spam? > > > > > > > Virus fallout. You are just another innocent victim of bad email > > > > administration. Delete them and move on. > > > > > > > > anthony > > > > > > > > On Wednesday 05 May 2004 10:43 am, Vaughn Treude wrote: > > > > > Another dumb question, this time for the security types: > > > > > > > > > > Recently I've been getting messages like the following. I did not > > > > > send either of the original messages these reference, especially > > > > > not at 1 AM and 4 AM in the morning. Stranger yet is that the > > > > > first message says I sent an email to my remailer > > > > > (vaughn@nakota-software.com) which was (wisely) rejected by that > > > > > service. I'm not knowingly using ".cpl" attachments; isn't this a > > > > > Windows thing? And I definitely didn't (intentionally) send > > > > > anything to the Russian address in the second message. Any ideas? > > > > > > > > > > Vaughn > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > > Subject: Mail delivery failed: returning message to sender > > > > > Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 01:17:20 -0700 > > > > > From: Mail Delivery System > > > > > To: vltreude@deru.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. > > > > > > > > > > A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of > > > > > its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following > > > > > address(es) failed: > > > > > > > > > > vaughn@nakota-software.com > > > > > This message has been rejected because it has > > > > > a potentially executable attachment "Joke.cpl" > > > > > This form of attachment has been used by > > > > > recent viruses or other malware. > > > > > If you meant to send this file then please > > > > > package it up as a zip file and resend it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- > > > > > Subject: Returned mail: User unknown > > > > > From: Mail Delivery Subsystem > > > > > To: > > > > > Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 04:19:06 -0400 (EDT) > > > > > > > > > > from m6.arctel.ru [195.14.62.6] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *** ATTENTION *** > > > > > > > > > > Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem > > > > > with its delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed > > > > > in the section labeled: "----- The following addresses had > > > > > permanent fatal errors -----". > > > > > > > > > > The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the > > > > > section labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". > > > > > > > > > > The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your > > > > > e-mail could not be delivered. The next line contains a second > > > > > error message which is a general translation for other e-mail > > > > > servers. > > > > > > > > > > Please direct further questions regarding this message to your > > > > > e-mail administrator. > > > > > > > > > > --AOL Postmaster > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss