On 4/11/02 6:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is really interesting. I have a friend with the same symptoms as you... > > MacOS 9 / Entourage 2001... Same virus being distributed from her account... > She only does email from that Mac, so it is quite a mystery. > > If you figure this out, I'd be very interested in the results.
Many of these viruses/trojans for the PCs lately operate by faking their return addresses. This is part of the description of the W32.Klez.E@mm from the Symantec site: <http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> In addition, the worm searches the Windows address book, the ICQ database, >> and local files (such as .html and text files) for email addresses. The worm >> sends an email message to these addresses with itself as an attachment. The >> worm contains its own SMTP engine and attempts to guess at available SMTP >> servers. >> >> The subject line, message bodies, and attachment file names are random. The >> from address is randomly chosen from email addresses that the worm finds on >> the infected computer. -- B I L L L A M B | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
