Sobig Flood

[Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs]

I have been getting swamped with sobig infected
e-mail. Sometimes I get e-mail that claims that
my computer is broadcasting infected e-mail.

I updated my Norton virus definitions, then did
a complete scan - all that showed up as infected
was some incoming e-mail, no local infection.

Question: if my computer was sending viral e-mail,
would it show up in the "sent" file of my e-mail
programme? (I am using Netscape 7.01)

Thanks!

Best Regards,
Mark Buckles
Harlan Labs
San Diego
http://www.harlanlabs.com

[FromTheRafters]

Post by Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs
Question: if my computer was sending viral e-mail,
would it show up in the "sent" file of my e-mail
programme? (I am using Netscape 7.01)

Most of the more recent e-mail worms don't use your
e-mail program to send themselves (they have there
own SMTP engine), and so won't leave anything in
the "sent" file.

[n***@novirus.com]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:18:11 GMT, Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs

Post by Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs
I have been getting swamped with sobig infected
e-mail. Sometimes I get e-mail that claims that
my computer is broadcasting infected e-mail.

SOBIG.F infects a host computer, looks in any address books it can find, finds
your email address, then forges your address into outgoing email

Post by Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs
I updated my Norton virus definitions, then did
a complete scan - all that showed up as infected
was some incoming e-mail, no local infection.
Question: if my computer was sending viral e-mail,
would it show up in the "sent" file of my e-mail
programme? (I am using Netscape 7.01)

nope, it uses its own smtp engine

if you have a firewall which requires you to give permission before an
application can access the internet, that would stop it

[W.S. Blevins]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:18:11 GMT, Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs

Post by Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs
Question: if my computer was sending viral e-mail,
would it show up in the "sent" file of my e-mail
programme? (I am using Netscape 7.01)

It's not. read the other threads on the topic.

[Ted Davis]

On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:18:11 GMT, Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs

Post by Mark Buckles /Harlan Labs
Question: if my computer was sending viral e-mail,
would it show up in the "sent" file of my e-mail
programme? (I am using Netscape 7.01)

No, and you wouldn't get the bounce messages either because when the
worm sends a message if fakes the return address with one from the
same list it is sending to.


T.E.D. (***@gearbox.maem.umr.edu - e-mail must contain "T.E.D." or my .sig in the body)