The pathogen in question searches all kinds of files on an infected computer for anything that looks like an email address. It picks one of those addresses to be the "From" and sends to all the rest. It also has a list of common names that it attaches to the email domains it finds, thus trying to guess additional email addresses. That accounts for a lot of the NDRs.
You were the lucky "From" person found on someone else's infected computer. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julia Thompson > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 2:25 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: v*r*s question > > Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > > I started getting mail saying something from me was > undeliverable. AVG > > said it had the myd**m v*r*s in it. AVG isn't finding the v*r*s > > anywhere else, just the mail coming in. Since them I'm getting > > messages coming in with the v*r*s. But I'm more confused by the > > returned mail. Is my computer sending out mail with me > knowing it? Or > > is my mail being spoofed, it's being sent from somewhere > else with my > > address? Or third option, is this a backwards way to get a > person to > > open mail, it sends you a bogus e-mail claiming to be a > delivery failure? > > > > More than a few have come from ASU, I'm assuming Arizona > State but I > > know no one there. > > > > Thanks in Advance > > > > Kevin T. - VRWC > > I'm getting the same thing, from ASU no less, and my computer > is virus-free. > > I'm guessing spoofing -- it's the most likely option given > the data we have about it. > > Julia > _______________________________________________ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
