>-----Original Message----- >From: Donnelly, Thomas [mailto:tdonne...@act-sys.com] >Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 5:44 AM >To: EMC-PST (E-mail) >Subject: Viruses > > > >I don't know about anyone else but I seem to be getting allot >of e-mails >from this group with viruses lately. Particularly the Netsky >Worm. If this >continues I will be forced by my company to withdraw from the >group. Anyone >else in the same boat?
Tom: These are spoofed addresses. They do not originate from the group, nor from the individuals indicated. I traced down a couple of them, and they were coming from a high school in Japan. And they were likely a victim too. Tracing a spammer has become almost impossible. If you would like to have a look at the full headers, and if you are using MS Outlook, then select VIEW & OPTIONS, and you will see the successive handoffs of the email. It usually starts off with a poorly protected email system that is tricked into relaying the spam. My guess is that someone posted a thread outside our list, and the viewable addresses were harvested by a "bot." Or, some listmember's computer was penetrated, and their email address book exported. Whatever really happened, these addresses are now being used to crudely cover the origin of this latest round of garbage. Any knowledgeable IT person would quickly see that the list is not the origin of this trash, so I don't think you would be blamed for being a subscriber. Unfortunately for now, all we can do is NEVER open attachments, and keep the DELETE key nicely polished. Regards, Ed Ed Price ed.pr...@cubic.com WB6WSN NARTE Certified EMC Engineer & Technician Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Applications San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 (Voice) 858-505-1583 (Fax) Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: emc_p...@symbol.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
