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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: email virus ==> over the top
neal rauhauser wrote: > > No one loves me and I don't get much email from the folks who tolerate > me. I just got back from having lunch with some guys who tolerate me and > I found scads of messages from all over -the funniest among the bunch > for our Nanog readers: > > <user>@cisco.com > <user>@tacnet.com > <user>@wcom.com > <user>@sprint.com > > Looks like my internetwork equipment vendor and my two favorite peers > have their Windoze stuff in a complete state of 'higgledy piggledy' - a > technical term from Bloom County cartoons, for those not old enough to > remember. > --snip-- Aww, Neal, you know that I still love you and send you email from time to time;) In some cases you can determine the infected machine from the IP in the header. Of course, if it's that IP is dynamically assigned it's a little harder. If the volume of email from one source IP gets too high, a friendly call to their company or ISP might get results--a lookup of the IP at whois.arin.net should give you the contact info you need. This virus has been a royal pain for me. My personal, work, postmaster and webmaster accounts have finally dropped off receiving it, but if anyone wants the more than several thousand I received Tues. and Wed., they're welcome to it. Anyway, just a note on the consequences here. Each time one of these silly things hit that forge sender addresses, the number of possible future infectees who have your email address increases. Let's say that your brother was infected by Klez. His computer sent out a bunch of emails as other people--some of them as you. One of those folks gets infected. Their computer sends out a bunch of emails as other people--some of them as you. Now you've got people that are friends and co-workers of other friends that were infected. Each time that circle gets larger and the number of folks who potentially have your email address somewhere on their system widens. THIS SUCKS! The postmaster account is by far the worst one as far as receiving. If anyone ever finds out where to send the bill and the firing squad, I'll be at the front of the line;) -- -Susan -- Susan Zeigler | Technical Services [email protected] | Spindustry Systems 515.225.0920 | "You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong." -- Abraham Lincoln
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