The emails are not coming from ozdat... A computer infected with the
W32.Klez virus will send random messages to email addresses found on the
victim's pc. It searches in different places for email addresses, not
only the Outlook address book. When it sends a copy of itself to a new
victim, it randomly changes the _from_ address as well as the _to_
address. So to find out where it really came from, ignore the from field
and check out the email headers. For more info read:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.klez.gen@mm.
html

"Email spoofing
Some variants of this worm use a technique known as "spoofing." If so,
the worm randomly selects an address that it finds on an infected
computer. It uses this address as the "From" address that it uses when
it performs its mass-mailing routine. Numerous cases have been reported
in which users of uninfected computers received complaints that they
sent an infected message to someone else.

For example, Linda Anderson is using a computer that is infected with
W32.Klez.E@mm; Linda is not using an antivirus program or does not have
current virus definitions. When W32.Klez.gen@mm performs its emailing
routine, it finds the email address of Harold Logan. It inserts Harold's
email address into the "From" portion of an infected message that it
then sends to Janet Bishop. Janet then contacts Harold and complains
that he sent her an infected message, but when Harold scans his
computer, Norton AntiVirus does not find anything--as would be
expected--because his computer is not infected."

Cheers,


Chris Howard
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://turbovan.com

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bob
> Sent: Monday, 20 May 2002 11:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re[2]: bizzare Emails????
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> James Fitness: What list server software are you running? Are postings
> to the list restricted to list members, or free to everyone? Maybe a
> partial solution would be to restrict posting pivelidges to list
> members only.
> 

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