On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Bernie Cosell wrote: > I've been getting a bunch of bounce messages from hotmail this morning. [...] > Is there some way to figure out what this is about? Has hotmail > decided that my mailing list is spam?
Hotmail Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied to my inquiry with a message implying that I had complained to them about virus-laden e-mail, specifically something called "W32/Yaha". There was no such virus on my list, of course, but it appears to be a form letter (no surprise). It is likely that handling this virus has temporarily overloaded the mail servers' ability to accept mail. -- Michael S. Johnson Owner: Nausicaa.net and Miyazaki Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mailing-list On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 05:36:09 -0800 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CST105131634ID - RE:NAUSICAA: error report from MAIL.HOTMAIL.COM (fwd) > > [ The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set. ] > [ Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set. ] > [ Some characters may be displayed incorrectly. ] > > Dear Michael: > > > Thank you for writing to Hotmail Support. > > > Michael, I am sorry to hear that you are receiving virus e-mail. I > apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused and look forward > to providing you with assistance today. > > I apologize for the delay in responding to your e-mail. Every message > that Hotmail receives is very important. Unfortunately, we recently > received an extremely high volume of e-mail messages and are working > diligently to catch up. > > I understand your concern towards the virus mail you received in your > account. I realize that such issues can be frustrating and look > forward to providing you with assistance today. > > I would like to let you know that the mail you have received is most > likely related to viruses that is currently spreading on the Internet, > called W32/Yaha viruses. Such type of viruses mostly affect the > address book of affected account. These e-mail viruses perpetuate > themselves by causing e-mail with the virus attached to be sent to all > the entries in your contacts list without your knowledge. This does > not necessarily mean that your computer is infected, but that a > computer is infected that contains your MSN E-mail address in its > address book or contact list. > > W32/Yaha Virus is a mass-mailing email worm that attempts to to email > itself to all the contacts in the Windows Address Book, MSN Messenger, > .NET Messenger and all the files whose extensions contain the letters > HT. The worm sends an email message to these addresses with itself as > an attachment using its own SMTP engine. The worm also attempts to end > the antivirus and firewall processes. > > The "From" address is randomly chosen from email addresses that the > worm finds on the infected computer. It uses random subject lines, > message bodies, and attachment file names. The worm tries to copy > itself to Windows system folder. The reason for receiving the virus > mail in your account is that the virus has picked up your email > address on an infected computer and is automatically sending them > without the knowledge of the person whose computer is infected with > this virus. > > The virus email message has the following characteristics: > > The subject line is one of the following: > > Looking for Friendship > Feel the fragrance of Love > True Love > make ur friend happy > Who is ur Best Friend > hey check it yaar > Check this shit > Hello > Hi > I am in Love > I Love You > You are so sweet > U realy Want this > to ur lovers > to ur friends > Find a good friend > Learn How To Love > Are you looking for Love > Wowwwwwwwwwww check it > Check ur friends Circle > The world of Friendship > Shake it baby > How sweet this Screen saver > war Againest Loneliness > Need a friend? > Say 'I Like You' To ur friend > love speaks from the heart > Let's Dance and forget pains > Hardcore Screensavers 4 U > XXX Screensavers 4 U > We want peace > Wanna be a HE-MAN > Visit us > One Virus Writer's Story > One Hacker's Love > The Hotmail Hack > > The body of the mail may contain one of the following: > > hey, > did u always dreamnt of hacking ur friends hotmail account.. > finally i got a hotmail hack from the internet that really works.. > ur my best friend thats why sending to u.. > check it..just run it..enter victim's address and u will get the pass. > > hi, > check the attached love screensaver > and feel the fragrance of true love.. > > Hi, > check the attached screensaver.. > its really wonderfool.. > i got it from freescreensavers.com > > Hi, > check the attached screensaver > and enjoy the world of friendship.. > > The name of the attachment file can be one of the following: > > Love.scr > Hotmail_hack_exe.scr > Friend_finder_exe > Be_happy.scr > Sweet.scr > Shake.scr > World_of_friendship.scr > Friendship.scr > Funny.scr > Free_Love_Screensavers.scr > The_Best.scr > Codeproject.scr > SQL_4_Free.scr > I_Love_You.scr > Hardcore4Free.scr > xxx4Free.scr > Screensavers.scr > > Unfortunately, we cannot determine the true source of such mails as > these has the ability to spoof e-mail addresses. This means that when > it attempts to send copies of itself out via e-mail (via the infected > computer's default SMTP server), it chooses a random e-mail address > from an address book and uses it to send copies of itself to the other > entries in the address book instead of the e-mail address of the > infected user. This makes the virus very difficult to track. > > Note: Hotmail detects most viruses, but new ones are created all the > time. We update our software with McAfee regularly, but as new viruses > come into being, some viruses may pass through undetected. The best > way to protect yourself is not to open an attachment from someone you > don't know or from a suspicious address. > > If your computer has anti-virus protection software installed, we > recommend that you contact the support group of your anti-virus > software to get the latest signature file, which can help protect your > computer. In addition, we also suggest you download the latest > Microsoft updates. > > To download the latest updates for your Microsoft software, please > visit the following sites: http://www.windowsupdate.com and > http://office.microsoft.com/productupdates/. > > I hope that the support information I have provided with the reason > for receiving virus mail is helpful. If you have any additional > questions or need further assistance, please reply to this message. > Thank you for your patience. > > Michael, please remember that MSN Hotmail also has comprehensive > online help--just click Help in the upper right corner. > > > Sincerely, > > > Jose > MSN Hotmail Customer Support Representative > > --- Original Message --- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mon Feb 10 16:59:51 UTC+0900 2003 > Subject: NAUSICAA: error report from MAIL.HOTMAIL.COM (fwd) > > > To Whom It May Concern: > > What is the nature of this outage? Is this the same bug that rejected > mail on August 24th, 2002 for several days? > > -- > Thanks, > Michael [...]
