Re: [SLUG] Crazy messages

From: ethan@ethanzimmerman.com
Date: Fri Aug 22 2003 - 16:34:15 EDT


Quoting Bob Stia <rnr@sanctum.com>:

> Hi Sluggers,
>
> I am getting dozens and dozens of wierd e-mail messages from just about
> everywhere. Is this related to that new worm? I hope that I am not
> the only one.
>
> Bob S.

I know there's a service run by message labs that's been causing problems. When
a message that contains a virus is sent to or from a message labs customer
message labs send out a "you might be infected" message to all the recepients
and the sender. And since sobig.f is spoofing the from address and then mass
mailing itself anyone caught in its wake (all of the mass-mailed-recepients and
the spoofed sender) seems to get this message labs "you might be infected"
message. It's almost as bad a the virus itself.

-ethan

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