/me nods so it was a spoof which explains it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Garza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 1:27 PM Subject: Re: how stupid > Actually, the Klez virus can take any email from the list it's sending from > and use that email as the From and Reply-To fields. This happend to my mom. > I'm sure she doesn't have the Klez virus on her machine yet she still gets > about 50 bounce messages a day from AOL. One of the unpleasant > potentialities of dealing with Klez... So, Dana, you probably never had the > virus in the first place and AOL sucks for sending back the entire message, > virus attachment and all.. Their mail gateway should delete the entier > message and send a digest of the transaction back to the "purported" sender. > > Jeff > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Wheatley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:18 AM > Subject: Re: how stupid > > > No i wasn't patronizing you but that error message by itself when you read > it shows that it was rejecting a message you sent. Of course without all the > facts thats the only conclusion one could come to. > > Does the virus send fake emails proporting to be from the ISP? Its easy to > spoof mail and such that might be a fun virus to have to deal with fake > Daemon messages that actually have viruses. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:27 PM > Subject: Re: how stupid > > > > Ahem. AOL emailed me the sobig.e virus according to my Norton antivirus. > > The email has an attachment labeled your_details.zip, which is per the > > specs for this virus. Naturally I did not open it. But the email is not > > from [EMAIL PROTECTED]; the email is *from* AOL saying my email to her was not > > delivered because it has a virus. Which they helpfully included for > > reference. Now, from the top, this virus claims to be from people who are > > also in the address book of the original sender. I do not know ruthj and > > she is not in my address book, and I don't have this virus because norton > > caught it in this email that AOL sent me. > > > > God I hate it when you patronize me, especially when you usually don't > have > > a good grasp of what is going on when you do it. > > > > Dana > > > > On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:18:19 -0400, William Wheatley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > That doesn't say aol sent you a virus that says whoever mailed that ruth > > > person has a virus that was in their email and they had better fix it. > > > > > > But either way aol is evil. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 12:12 PM > > > Subject: Re: how stupid > > > > > > > > >> the AOL user didnt send me the virus. AOL did. I got the following, > with > > >> the virus as an attachment. > > >> > > >> The original message was received at Thu, 26 Jun 2003 06:09:09 -0400 > > >> (EDT) > > >> from [66.72.7.21] > > >> > > >> *** ATTENTION *** > > >> Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with > > >> its > > >> delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section > > >> labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal > errors ----- > > >> ". > > >> The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section > > >> labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". > > >> The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail > > >> could > > >> not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which > > >> is > > > a > > >> general translation for other e-mail servers. > > >> Please direct further questions regarding this message to your e-mail > > >> administrator. > > >> --AOL Postmaster > > >> > > >> > > >> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > > >> ... while talking to air-xm03.mail.aol.com.: > > >> >>> DATA > > >> <<< 554 TRANSACTION FAILED - Unrepairable Virus Detected. Your mail has > > > not > > >> been sent. > > >> 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Service unavailable > > >> > > >> On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 10:59:06 -0500, Matt Blatchley ~ Bridgeleaf Studios > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > Dana, > > >> > > > >> > I run into similar issues with AOL users. I have a few clients who > > >> > refuse > > >> > to use the email addresses I setup for them and they send me virus's > > >> too > > >> > stating I sent it to them. Big pain in the ass because I've > requested > > >> a > > >> > response from the folks at AOL, but like you said, the level of > > >> response > > >> > is > > >> > by someone part time and doesn't give two shiznitz about anyone other > > >> > than > > >> > their own customers, and that's only if they bitch consistently. I'd > > >> > love > > >> > to rant about them two, but I'll spare the rest of the list my > opinion > > > on > > >> > that issue seeing as how they can all assume my feelings on that one > > >> > anyway. > > >> > I feel for ya! > > >> > > > >> > Matt > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -----Original Message----- > > >> > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >> > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 10:34 AM > > >> > To: CF-Community > > >> > Subject: how stupid > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > (rant) > > >> > I was complaining yesterday about getting a little notice scolding me > > > for > > >> > allegedly sending a virus to somebody I don't know in Finland. The > > >> virus > > >> > in > > >> > question puts names from the true sender's address book in the "from" > > >> > field, but apparently the system in question is not set up to check > ip > > >> > addresses. > > >> > > > >> > I ran an extra virus scan last night to be sure, and no, I don't have > > >> > this > > >> > virus. I would not expect to as my virus software scans incoming > mail. > > >> > > > >> > This scan works, as demonstrated by the fact that this morning it > > >> warned > > >> > me > > >> > that someone emailed me a virus. Come to find out it is AOL, > > >> complaining > > >> > that I sent this virus to [EMAIL PROTECTED], whom I do not know. > > >> > > > >> > The truly astounding thing is that *they mailed the virus to me* -- > is > > >> > that > > >> > supposed to prove something? What if I did not in fact have up to > date > > >> > software? I used to work at AOL so I am well past expecting > > >> intelligence > > >> > from them, but geez, this practice is a threat to the health of the > > >> > internet. Too bad it doesn't have a WHO. > > >> > > > >> > (end rant) > > >> > Dana > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > Mr Jones and me > > >> > We're stumbling through the barrio.... > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
