[K12OSN] Hi

jim at winonacotter.org jim at winonacotter.org
Sat Apr 10 08:09:47 UTC 2004


Every followup I have done in regards to viruses of this type hitting my mail
servers has proved that the IP's are legit and only the From field is spoofed.
So trace away :-)

Quoting Ken Meyer <kmeyer at blarg.net>:

> Will that be the REAL IP, or will it be spoofed as well?
> 
> Ken Meyer
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:k12osn-bounces at redhat.com]On
> Behalf Of Caleb Wagnon
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 7:41 AM
> To: Support list for opensource software in schools.
> 
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Hi
> 
> Petre Scheie said:
> 
> > Yes it is a virus.  Unfortunately, it's not on my machine, even though the
> > message purports to be from me; I say unfortunately because it means I
> can't
> > fix it.  I forget which Windows virus it is, but it spoofs the sender of
> the
> > message, extracting names/addresses from the infected user's inbox.  For
> the
> > record, the only message that went out of my box on April 8 was two hours
> > after the message below.
> 
> The sender field will be spoofed but you can still look at the email header
> and find what ip address it originates from.
> --
> 
> Caleb Wagnon MCP A+ CCNA
> Technology Coordinator
> Fordyce School District
> 870.352.2968
> http://redbugs.dsc.k12.ar.us
> 
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