[ale] Apparently used in spam or virus distribution

[Pete Hardie]

John Mills wrote:
> ALErs -
> 
> This morning I received two notices from UK recipients to the effect that 
> mail from me contained suspect attachments, identified in one case as a 
> PIF file.
> 
> As I am not aware of sending any mail to these recipients and do not have 
> copies of the suspect mail, I can't tell whether they represent a 
> compromise of my Linux-2.4.20 system, the Pine newsreader, fetchmail, 
> sendmail, or some other link of the chain.
> 
> Any suggestions for learning if this is really my problem?

Unless you have other reason to suspect you've been haxored, it's most likely 
your email address was used as the sender for smap.  I've gotten occasional 
bounce notices from email I've never sent because of this tactic.



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Pete Hardie                   |   Goalie, DVSG Dart Team
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