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Subject: Re: someone is spoofing mail from computer support
From: "Russell J. Lahti" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:Russell J. Lahti
Date:Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:45:40 -0500
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Looks like a standard W32/Bagle virus msg. These must just
be a new varient that hadn't made it into the AV defs
fast enough to be blocked.

-Russell


Cheryl A Akers wrote:
> One of my faculty got this too.  I asked him to send me the full
> headers, as
> it is obviously bogus and includes a zipped attachment that contains who
> knows what.  In the mean time, I've notified my users to not open the
> attachment.
> Cheryl Akers
> Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
>
> Laurence Bates writes:
>
>> Anybody else seen this...
>>
>>
>>   _____
>>
>> From: Matthew J. Koehler [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 5:23 PM
>> To: Laurence A Bates
>> Subject: Looks a fool-ware attempt ...
>>
>>
>>
>> Lawrence, it looks someone is spoofing mail from computer support again.
>> Thought you might want to be aware and warn less savvy users.
>>
>> Attached is the message I received. (I like the bad grammar in the
>> instructions telling me to run the .bat file :)
>>
>> Dr. Matthew J. Koehler
>> 509 Erickson Hall
>> Learning Technology and Culture
>> Michigan State University
>> East Lansing, MI 48824
>> 517.353.7211
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>
>>
>> From: "Mail Administrator" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: February 16, 2005 5:16:55 PM EST
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Returned mail: Data format error
>>
>> Dear user [log in to unmask],
>>
>> We have received reports that your e-mail account was used to send a huge
>> amount of spam messages during this week.
>> Obviously, your computer had been compromised and now runs a trojan proxy
>> server.
>>
>> Please follow the instruction in order to keep your computer safe.
>>
>> Have a nice day,
>> msu.edu technical support team.
>>
>>
>>
>
>

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