On 4 Oct 2002, Thom Paine wrote:
>Date: 04 Oct 2002 09:57:05 -0400
>From: Thom Paine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Content-Type: text/plain
>List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche) <psyche-list.redhat.com>
>Subject: Re: Spammer taking my name in vain.
>
>On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 02:37, Chris Kloiber wrote:
>> I've received several reports now that some spammer is attaching my name
>> to spams, many containing HTML and windows attachments containing virii.
>> IF you see my username 'ckloiber' in front of any domain other than
>> ckloiber.com or redhat.com, and you are on a Windows PC, don't open it.
>> If you are on a Linux box, please understand it's not me sending this
>> crap.
>
>Looks like they even cloned one of your old emails.
>
>Received: from computer (64-4-96-110.dmt.ntelos.net [64.4.96.110]) by
>mailrtr04.ntelos.net (8.12.1/8.12.1) with SMTP id g9430IVN023865; Thu, 3
>Oct 2002 23:00:19 -0400
>Date: 03 Oct 2002 23:00:18 -0400
>Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>From: Chris Kloiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: {VIRUS?} Re: SMP Kernel on Single Processor Machine
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------DG30OB2JL2OB7HE"
>X-MailScanner: Found to be infected
>Status:
>X-Evolution-Source: pop:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/inbox
The latest and greatest Microsoft worm/virus does just this. I
don't recall the exact details, but aparently it digs through
your past received emails, twiddles a message you've received
from someone, adds a virus to it, and sends it out.
Thus other people receive a message with a virus, that looks like
it came from some random person you've gotten mail from. Quite
convincing aparently.
Solution: Don't use Microsoft Outbreak
;o)
--
Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer
XFree86 maintainer
Red Hat Inc.
