> That's not what I'm getting at. I want to prove that Microsoft is > behind the attack. What? I thought it was some spammer
>First, prove that the spoofs were just that - > the messages did not come from your own machines. Then look for a > pattern in those chosen to be spoofed. There's something very > suspicious going on here. Bruce Perens compared MyDumb to the > Reichstag fire and I agree. > If the virus did not get your address off your machine, where did it > get it and why? where? Some guy having your address in his outlook address book who opened the infected mail. Why? Just to create this confusion. >Showing that the virus did not get addresses from > your machines, just show that you did not run M$ and monitor your > network's traffic. Then ask why would a virus spoof an address > found on a computer rather than the computer user's own address? > It's the computer user's name that will be trusted by people on > their list, not a name pulled from from the computer user's address > list. I may know A and B and they might all trust an attachment > from me, but none of them are sure to know each other. Practically, > it makes not sense. I can think of only reasons a virus would spoof > A or B's address in mail sent off my machine. The first is that A > or B are trusted administrators, that would not hold true across a > person's address book. The second is that the virus writer wanted > to embarrass A or B. Either of these options would require some > kind of an external list and great premeditation. What external list? >Your inclusion, as a Linux Zealot is suspicious. > Being a good zealot myself, I think that Microsoft is behind this > and wants to make free software users look as bad as they can. They and don't they look bad too now? After all its their products that are getting affected. > have lists of their "enemies" who advocate free software and > occasionally complain when Microsoft failures and design flaws cause > internet turmoil, restrictive ISP policies, and utility blackouts. > They have already suckered CNN and others to run headlines about > "Linux War Weapons", I don't think so. I have read articles that are not biased towards windows on cnn http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/09/03/hln.wired.linux/index.html
