It would be real easy for Valves IT people to block this lamers ip on the incoming mail server or even on the router the mail server is plugged into.
Wonder who Valves IT guy is. He should be fired or reprimanded. I know the companies I worked for in the past would not tolerate a hole like this in their network security (especially one that is continually abused/exploited. Least the lamer isn't smart and trying to attach the virus (which IS blocked by Valves mail server), instead of just linking to it (my god he could trick a lot of people with just links, thank god the virus author is an idiot). Still a lapse in Valves network security though. Like I said, if this thing just added links it would sneak right past the no attachments filter. And most people thinking its from Valve (since it lacks attachments), would click the link and get a virus. Valve had better hope no one gets that smart, or else VALVE could be liable for distributing the virus, even though unintentionally, through a hacked means, they still would be liable. In summary, BLOCK THE IP THAT IS SPAMMING THIS LIST WITH VIRUS ATTACHMENTS BEFORE IT/THEY CAN CAUSE MORE DAMAGE! The guy above posted the header info, the ip its being sent from is quite easily blocked. Someone at Valve needs to start doing their job. One corporate email from Valves legal dept. to the cybercafe I am sure would stop the mails (least from the polish cyber cafe). And to that owner of the cafe, ever hear of a virus scan on your network? Trend Micro offers a real good online one that is FREE... www.antivirus.com , www.trendmicro.com Kudoes to the guy who backtraced the email. Maybe the guy whose email box just got spammed by everyone on this list (I know I mailed them), will do the work the IT guy at Valve should be doing. For now (no offense to Alfred) I am filtering all mails from Alfred at this point, just in case this lamer reads this list and gets some ideas from my reply. Once Valve announces they have blocked the ip from the mail server I shall unfilter alfred mails to this and the other lists. Until then, I guess I don't read anything posted by Alfred. I mean honestly, lets say some noob joins this list. He doesn't know about the lamer spoofing Alfreds email. He looks at the file and says gee it wont let me get it, but thats Alfred Reynolds from Valve and thats probably something important, and googles the file attachment. Valve is now resonsible for distributing a virus, a serious liability. -=]H[=-StealthMode _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
