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Re: [cobalt-users] Virus email





Is www.musicnn.com your system?

It is.

Presuming so, then someone has
connected directly to your system from a dialup IP#,
slip-32-101-140-168.mo.us.prserv.net.  The first step would be to notify
abuse@xxxxxxxxxxx  While the address should work, it may not, so do a CC
to postmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx

The thing is I don't think it is intentional (That's my opinion. ..I could be wrong)and it's not like that's the only source. I'd also have to notify:

acessonet.com.br
dial.bright.net
pttv.losch.net
in-addr.arpa.ig.com.br
acsworld.net
c.watervalley.net
.dsl.austtx.swbell.net
intercable.net
hnsn1.on.wave.home.com
.nepean.uws.edu.au
viptx.net
tollfree.connections.net.nz
etc

You might want to also look into configuring sendmail to refuse mail
from all dialup IP# blocks.

I think that's a little extreme since what if someone on a dialup connection needed to email me. Wouldn't their non-virus email also be bounced by configuring sendmail to refuse dialup IP#'s.

I know it's a waste of bandwidth, but for now, a filter that automatically forwards this stuff to the trash works.

Out of curiosity, what does this virus "do" on the windows platform? Does it forward you to a website, play a game or is it just a faceless background application?


Thanks for the advice,

Howard Sacks
webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxx