I know this could not be the case but I just want to point out, this could be simply some spammers randomly used the user account to send spam and of course it bounced back to the real user. That explains there's no such log of sending this email but getting it bonced. It happened to my account couple times.
we hate spam. Vinny ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonardo Cabral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:59 AM Subject: [xmail] Re: Faked return path > > Stephen Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > I was figuring it was something like that but it doesn't look like > > klez. Klez and bigbear (or bugbear, whatever...) are the only email > > worms I have actually seen "in the wild". It just didn't look right > > to me. I figure better to double check with people who have more > > experience. > > > This kind of virus are a potential double pain: one if they catch you or > your users, and another if you have to explain to your users why they > received bounced messages from messages they never sent ;) > Here is a snip from symantec about [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > "In addition, the worm searches the Windows address book, the ICQ > database, and local files (such as .html and text files) for email > addresses. The worm sends an email message to these addresses with itself as > an attachment. The worm contains its own SMTP engine and attempts to guess > at available SMTP servers. > > The subject line, message bodies, and attachment file names are random. The > from address is randomly chosen from email addresses that the worm finds on > the infected computer. > > NOTES: > Because this worm does use a randomly chosen address that it finds on an > infected computer as the "From:" address, numerous cases have been reported > in which users of uninfected computers receive complaints that they have > sent an infected message to someone else" > (http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > Regards, > > Leonardo > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe xmail" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For general help: send the line "help" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
