Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 15:21:29 +0900 From: Joel Rees <joel@alpsgiken.gr.jp> To: "Free bsd " <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Help! Is this an attack or a virus? Qmail on FBSD is flooding Message-ID: <20030718151153.33D3.JOEL@alpsgiken.gr.jp> In-Reply-To: <3039.10.0.1.109.1058478383.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au> References: <007901c34c61$4dd50290$2401010a@zone3000.net> <3039.10.0.1.109.1058478383.squirrel@localhost.smmc.qld.edu.au>
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> A quick check showed that one such message was Qd to send a > couple of jpgs to dozens of CCd addresses! I could imagine someone doing that by hand. My sister sometimes does that with inspirational stories, but similarly minded people might want to share a jpg. But that's exactly what some of the currently popular virii do. I think you'd be justified in grabbing the .jpg and looking inside to see if it's really a .exe masquerading as a .jpg. Privacy has to have limits. Had a friend who's wife had picked up several of those. He was sure glad enough that I let him know about it. -- Joel Rees, programmer, Kansai Systems Group Altech Corporation (Alpsgiken), Osaka, Japan http://www.alpsgiken.co.jp
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