Re: Virus (WORM_MIMAIL.R) not from me !

[Fraser Farrell <fraser@trilobytes.com.au>]

> As usual now, the "from" address is a fake, it just happens
> that my email address is "public". Using only Sun Sparc computers with
> Solaris, I am rather immune to viruses, but this does not stop others to
> use my name...


So far I've received about a hundred copies of Bagle and this latest Mimail, 
but us Linux users are also rather immune... :-)

But unfortunately for me there are at least 16 infected computers out there 
faking one (or more) of -my- email addresses as the "from"; and spraying 
Bagle and Mimail in all directions. So I'm getting lots of abuse from many 
clueless recipients.

Worse than the abuse is the deluge of automated replies from corporate mail 
servers. Naively telling me that "my" message was blocked because it 
contained a virus. I've received over -1500- of these stupid, useless 
bandwidth-sucking advisories in the last week. And many of them "returned" 
the entire message complete with virus!



cheers,


-- 

Fraser Farrell

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