Re: Someone here have a Virus??
On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 08:48:30AM -0500, C. K. Lester wrote:
> The SoBig virus is having a field day these days. I got a whole bunch of
> these messages today.
>
> You're not a specifically targeted victim in this instance. You just happen
> to be in some unlucky fool's address book and were randomly chosen to be the
> return email in a bunch of messages. You also got sent a bunch of messages.
>
> The companies that receive "your" spammed virus don't know any better so
> they're just being cautious.
>
> It's all automated, though... :/
It shouldnt be. Whoever thought of replying to the forged 'From' header
is a moron. (At least, it should check the unforgable header fields to make
certain that the From header is real and simply not reply if it looks
suspisous.)
Topica itself isnt much better tho, not one of the emails I've sent in the
past month is from jbrown105 at speedymail.org ... thats simply the
address I put in my Reply-To: field. And yet it shows up in the From: header.
This is something that can be easily abused.
>
> > Since the fault clearly lies with
> > Microsoft for
> > releasing a product which can be so easily misused,
> > perhaps a class-action lawsuit would be appropriate.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Irv
>
> Irv, I'm in.
Me three.
jbrown
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