> On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 16:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available.
On Sun, 1 Feb 2004, at 11:04pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is this the MyDoom worm/virus? Yup. It is worth pointing out that, like most such malware, the MyDoom worm forges the "From" address. Whatever address is given in the "From:" line is almost certainly not the address of whoever owns the computer that is actually compromised. Thus, sending auto-responses to malware messages is especially frowned upon. It is also worth pointing out that MyDoom is a trivial worm. It does not exploit any software flaws or require any special privileges. It depends on the user to extract and run the program, and all the attachment does is harvest email addresses and mail itself to those addresses. The reason this is significant is that there is absolutely no technical reason that this worm could not exist in the Macintosh or Unix worlds. A simple Bourne shell script would likely suffice. This is not a technology program, but an education problem. As long as people are in the habit of blindly believing whatever is emailed to them, this problem will exist. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss