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  Re: Possible virus sending large emails?
 
(...) I wasn't getting that one, but I have received three notes from Steven Barile infected with W32.SirCam which you can read about at: (URL) copied this note to .trains and .trains.org.scltc because those are the only groups posted to by Mr. (...) (22 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.trains, lugnet.trains.org.scltc)
 
  Re: Possible virus sending large emails?
 
I also received a copy of the virus from Steve Barile. I have had email contact with him and he knows he is infected. I'm getting rather annoyed myself at the volume of W32.Klez viruses I am getting. I have a remove utility and am aware of the (...) (22 years ago, 25-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Possible virus sending large emails?
 
(...) What bugs me the most is that I know that it's sending out forged e-mails apparently from my e-mail address, and there's not a thing I can do about it. (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Possible virus sending large emails?
 
Hi All, YES, I'M THE ONE :( I share a computer with my wife and she opened up an attachment and KABOOM... SORRY!!!! virus name = W32.Sircam.Worm@mm virus ...here's some info on the virus: (URL) cleean up easily for me. BUT please don't open any (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Possible virus sending large emails?
 
(...) And I just got an e-mail from a mail server informing me that it had removed a virus from an e-mail I "sent"... Great, so how much additional traffic is going to be generated by this virus? I'm all in favor of mail servers stripping viruses (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Possible virus sending large emails?
 
(...) What the mail server should be doing isn't informing the "from", since the from header is easily forgable, as anyone who gets spam knows. What they should be doing is sending the warning back to the offending ISP or forwarder. You can verify (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Possible virus sending large emails?
 
(...) Yeah; the people making the notifiers didn't think of that, obviously. (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Possible virus sending large emails?
 
(...) I don't think that's true -- the traffic impacts them directly. It's just a certain amount of work to configure, not to mention a moving target. We'll get there eventually. (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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