Re: Can of Worms

[Raj <ggrk at blr_vsnl.net.in>]

Tom,

        This chap is totally innocent of the posting. The virus KLEZ
spoofs the senders address from the senders address book. i.e the
virus picks an email ID from the infected machine's address book and
uses it as the sender's ID.

        The only conclusion I can draw is that the infected machine
has both the APD and "midgatutor.." email ID in his address book. Its
someone who knows this chap and is also probably subscribed to this
list! So every one on this list who knows the "midgatutor" chap should
scan for the KLEZ virus.

        Recently I had the suprise of seeing my email ID spoofed on
Life Foods: Volume 05 : Number 012.

Raj

>Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 00:17:27 -0400
>From: Thomas Barr <tcbiii at earthlink_net>
>Subject: Can of Worms
>
>Paul, why don't 2000 of us email this infected "I'm not going to reply"
>person and see how he likes it.
>
>I have received about 50 personal worms and this list has been bombed more
>than I care to count.
>
>Time to start bombing him back till he gets the picture.
>Something needs done.
>
>Regards, 
>Tom Barr
> 
>> * From: "John T. Fitch" <JTFitch at fitchfamily_com>
>> 
>> A couple of people have asked about the mysterious garbled postings we get
>> from midgatutordigests at yahoo_com.  A quick Google search turned up this
>> posting:
>> 
>> http://fins.actwin.com/live-foods/month.200212/msg00000.html
>> 
>> which says, basically,
>> 
>> "My name is Michael and I keep fish.
>> 
>> My list address is midgatutordigests at yahoo_com.
>> I only use this address for mailing lists.
>> My regular address is midgatutor at yahoo_com and any
>> personal communication should be directed there.
>> 
>> 
>> I did the same thing John Fitch did, and found the same posting to
>> the live foods digest.  I wrote Michael an email asking how it was
>> that these attachment postings based on topics unrelated to aquatic
>> plants kept showing up on the APD.  No reply, so far.
>> -- 
>> Paul Krombholz in sodden central Mississippi, where we had 12 inches
>> of rain yesterday.
>>