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RE: SoBig.F strange problem


From: "Bojan Zdrnja" <Bojan.Zdrnja () LSS hr>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 15:04:07 +1200



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Steve Bremer
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Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] SoBig.F strange problem


line). But it seems to be broken in other areas, I think I'm getting

We've noticed a few problems with it as well.  We've received a few e-
mails with one of the typical Sobig subject lines, only no 
attachment.  The attachment headers are in the e-mail, so our MUA 
thinks there is an attachment, but there is just no "body" to the 
attachment.

Either there are a few broken variants out there sending out e-mail 
without the payload, or something in-between us and the sender is 
stripping out the attachment.  It isn't our AV system, since it would 
quarantine the entire message.

Has anyone else experienced this?

I can confirm this. I can see same thing here, but only a small number of
e-mails.

I believe something in-between me and the sender is stripping out
attachments, as you said, but incorrectly so we're receiving those messages
without the attachment.

I probably don't have to mention specially all those MTA's which are sending
notifications back to (faked) senders.

OTOH, e-mail system stopped ~30.000 Sobig.F viruses in last 12 hours - it's
not bad.

Regards,

Bojan Zdrnja

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