I too have received this. It shows as coming from "Webpopup". I am rather curious if this is coming from a spoofed ip directly, or if some file placed in the temp folder is executing a script perhaps?
As a temporary measure I disabled messenger. If anyone knows how to stop this rather annoying spam please let me know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Damon McMahon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 3:09 PM Subject: RE: NetBIOS Messenger spam - how did it get in? > Ahhh yes my mistake, mixing up the source and destination addresses. > > Of course, this begs the question why internet routers do not filter on > source address, but I'm sure the ISPs have their own self-justifying > reasons... > > > > >1. Is this possible? I would have thought any packet > >with such a spoofed IP address would be deemed > >non-routable by any of the routers between the source > >host and mine, and hence would never make it to my host? > > >The destination (your external address) is routable. Source is ignored > >unless prohibited. Non-routable addresses are not allowed to be the > >destination on the public Internet. > > > >jef > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get faster connections -- switch to MSN Internet Access! > http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/default.asp >
