Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261214AbTIWMRW (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:17:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263355AbTIWMRW (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:17:22 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:7179 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261214AbTIWMRU (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:17:20 -0400 Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 13:17:15 +0100 From: Russell King To: Jan Evert van Grootheest Cc: Mike Galbraith , german aracil boned , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [OFFTOPIC] Re: ATTACK TO MY SYSTEM Message-ID: <20030923131715.C1299@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Reply-To: Russell King Mail-Followup-To: Jan Evert van Grootheest , Mike Galbraith , german aracil boned , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <5.2.1.1.2.20030923114213.01b36e78@pop.gmx.net> <3F703614.4060403@euronext.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <3F703614.4060403@euronext.nl>; from j.grootheest@euronext.nl on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:01:24PM +0200 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1413 Lines: 32 On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 02:01:24PM +0200, Jan Evert van Grootheest wrote: > Me too. > And I won't be able to kill off this account. > I thought another virus had popped up! Many of them have their > attachments removed by the virusscanner. The collateral effects caused by email-based virus scanner software creating bounces to faked email addresses is getting to be more of a problem to control than the viruses themselves. I've recently been getting mails from sites "helpfully" informing me that someone tried to send me a virus - they're not helpful at all. I suggest that anyone receiving such things complain to the originating site - if the virus is known to use faked sender addresses, it is irresponsible for any site to generate a bounce. When there are enough complaints to mail server admins, hopefully the philosophy will change. Any further discussion of this topic should be done off list. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/ Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 PCMCIA - http://pcmcia.arm.linux.org.uk/ 2.6 Serial core - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/