[ale] question about sobig

[Geoffrey]

John Marasco wrote:
> Selected quote about the SoBIG virus...
> 
> But even those who werenÂ’t directly infected with the virus were 
> struggling with it. When it replicates, the virus “spoofs” the sending 
> e-mail address. That means the “From:” line is faked, selected from a 
> list of e-mail addresses culled off the Internet. Users unlucky enough 
> to be used in SoBig’s “From” line can get hundreds of SoBig-related 
> complaints, including automated bounce messages saying the virus didnÂ’t 
> reach its recipient, or irate messages from recipients who think theyÂ’ve 
> been sent a computer virus.

I'm not aware that it pulls addresses from the internet, but pretty sure 
it does pull them from address books on the infected machines.

Where'd you get this quote?

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

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Think about it...

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