On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 09:44:15 PDT, wirepair <wirepairat_private> said: > because i'm not infected. It also looks like i'm getting a ton from 'security peoples' email addresses. > sans/securityfocus.com/other people. Maybe someone released the virus using a list of people from security lists? Nothing that devious... :) *YOU* are getting a ton from "security people" because the people you are getting copies from have security people's addresses in their mail folders. Some poor Microsoft-using drudge gets infected, it trolls the folders, spams using what addresses it finds - and due to "locality of reference", you'll get mostly security-related addresses because that's the crowd you hang with. Remember, if you get a Sobig-F claiming to be from somebody, all that *really* means is that the *real* problem user has both you and that somebody in their mail folders someplace... Meanwhile, over on the dachsund-breeders list, everybody is wondering why the virus was released with a bunch of dachsund owners as the list, and the canoe-builders list is getting hammered by addresses from outdoor-activity lists, and so on....
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