-- more on -- a flood of garbage messages is drowing me

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:52:46 -0400
> From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () research att com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] a flood of garbage messages is drowing me
> To: dave () farber net
>
>
> In message <6.0.0.14.2.20030819153915.025acb58 () linc cis upenn edu>, Dave 
> Farber
>  writes:
> >They all say see attached file without such a file. They come from a broad
> >set of alleged senders .
> >
> >
> >Tiime to find and jail the source
> >
>
> There's an email worm going around that is spoofing email source
> addresses -- I've gotten a couple of hundred bounces from viruses I
> allegedly sent out.  I suspect it's W32.Sobig.F@mm -- see
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.sobig.f () mm html
> for more information.  At least, the bounces I've seen fit that pattern.
>
>
>                 --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb

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