RE: Linux and Virii

I thank you for the reply, and yes, they were 1; Failed Daemon, and
2; Returned (with no explaination, AND, no "origional message was
included), as the subject of the ones I DID NOT MAIL, and the rest were
from some names I recognize only from all the "forwarded addresses"
(friends of friends).

I have just never heard of Linux getting infected. Is it p[ossible that
the messages I didn't send was actually sent from one of those friends of
friends, but with my address? (Rhetorical question).

Eljon Curry said:
> While i've never used this mail client I do know of the new worm that's
> going around.  It will spoof emails like the ones you are receiving in an
> attemp to get you to open them.  It will read your contacts, spoof them
> with
> an address from 4 _contact_scans_ago_ as a way of generating email
> addresses.  I'd check out viruslist.com for some information about
> detection
> and removal.  My firm guess is this is what's going on.  Either you're
> infected and sending to those in your list or you're receiving the spoofed
> mails.  The subject content is usually something about either Failed
> Daemon
> or Returned in some way.  Follow up if you can.  I'd like to know if i'm
> way
> off or dead on.  Good luck.
>
> Eljon Curry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Mark Ness
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 8:09 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Linux and Virii
>
>
> This may be OT, but I guess it could be concidered in the realm of ppp.
>
> I have a stripped down RH9.0 for for internet connection, and a Mandrake
> 9 connected by LAN. Dial-up ISP with dynamic IP, and realitively short
> on-line time per connection (by choice, with no dedicated line, can't
> tie up the phone).
>
> I've been hit with several infected emails in the last week or so.
> Recieving these virus' is not the problem, getting "returned" or "refused"
> mail from people and places I HAVE NOT SENT MAIL TO is the problem.
>
> A friend of mine has just finished setting up Squirrel mail on his Linux
> system. He's been hosting my "domain" mail for some time now, and I have
> had no problems. It's just since I started using his Squirrel that I
> started getting these returned mails. Is it possible that Squirrel mail
> has some vulnerability to infections? Or has someone just finally gotten
> around to "stealing" my address (it's one of many addresses, but it is
> my "main" address).
>
> FYI I have never put my Windoze on line, and I never check suspect mail
> (that Linux can't display properly) with Windoze. If it won't display on
> Linux, I delete them. If I don't know the sender, I usually go ahead and
> check them out then delete them.
>
> Has anybody ever heard of Linux being infected, at least to the extent
> of someons home dir?
>
> One more point. Alot of the mail I get is from friends who for some
> reason or another never cut and paste messages, but just forward them
> and forward them etc until the header is actually larger than the file
> itself.
>
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