Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:22:26 -0500 From: Marius Strom <marius@marius.org> To: Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com> Cc: Wm Brian McCane <root@mccons.maxbaud.net>, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Possible spammers with a virus Message-ID: <20010725162226.A58293@marius.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107251408240.21810-100000@heorot.1nova.com>; from hamellr@heorot.1nova.com on Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 02:09:13PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1010725155232.47172C-100000@fw.mccons.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107251408240.21810-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
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According to one of the reports I read, it not only hits the LookOut address book, but also scans the "Temporary Internet Files" directory for email addresses. A new, interesting, and all around not-fun twist on email viruses. On Wed, Jul 25, 2001 at 02:09:13PM -0700, Rick Hamell wrote: > > Apparently... the virus is somehow picking up email addresses off > of web pages... a friend is being hit hard with it and that's the only > place we can figure it's coming from. > > Rick > > > Okay, this might sound odd, but I just got a bunch of virusalerts from > > amavis-perl. None of the people that the messages are from have EVER sent > > me email that I know of, nor have I corresponded with them. Is it > > possible that these are spammers that got hit with SirCAM and sent to > > everyone in their mailing lists? > > > > - brian > > > > BTW> If you would like a copy of the list, I might be able to make it > > available :) > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message > -- Marius Strom <marius@marius.org> Professional Geek/Unix System Administrator URL: http://www.marius.org/ http://www.marius.org/marius.pgp 0xF5D89089 *updated 2001-02-26* It is a natural law. Physics tells us that for every action, there must be an equal and opposite reaction. They hate us, we hate them, they hate us back and so, here we are, victims of mathematics. -- Londo, "A Voice in the Wilderness I" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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