"Does it mean people are sending out viruses with my name on them?"
Not other people, other viruses are sending emails with your address in
them.
rowan
>
>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 <tickticker@cox.net>
>>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 <Mailer-Daemon@suvi.deru.net>
>>>>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 <MAILER-DAEMON@aol.com>
>>>>To: <vaughn@nakota-software.com>
>>>>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
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