Planetfurry's mail server and probably several email accounts residing on it (including mine) were just slammed by a spammer. I received at least 50 messages from this idiot, all being 197k in size with a virus attached.
Since I of course don't use Windows to read email, nothing happened except for speed loss for my internet connection.
However, some people that have Planetfurry email accounts that use Outlook or Outlook Express (or any other Windoze email client) may possibly be infected.
Please run an anti-virus utility as soon as possible if you received the following message:
code:
Return-Path: <[email protected]>
Received: from pfweb.planetfurry.com (root@localhost) by planetfurry.com
(8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2PMOaq05115 for <[email protected]>;
Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:24:36 -0500
X-ClientAddr: 207.217.120.49
Received: from scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net (scaup.mail.pas.earthlink.net
[207.217.120.49]) by pfweb.planetfurry.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id
g2PMOYS05110 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 17:24:34 -0500
Received: from user-38lc25m.dialup.mindspring.com ([209.86.8.182]
helo=default) by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id
16pcyF-0001rI-00 for [email protected]; Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:29:44
-0800
From: "robin smith"<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: fate is only a four letter word ch
date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:30:44 -0500
MIME-Version: 1.0
X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----2CFE90C0_Outlook_Express_message_boundary"
Content-Disposition: Multipart message
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Status:
X-Evolution-Source:
pop://whiplash%[email protected]/inbox
------2CFE90C0_Outlook_Express_message_boundary
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: message text
Hi! How are you?
=20
This is the file with the information that you ask for
=20
See you later. Thanks
------2CFE90C0_Outlook_Express_message_boundary
Content-Type: application/mixed; name="fate is only a four letter word ch.11.doc.lnk"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="fate is only a four letter word ch.11.doc.lnk"
Spamming will not be tolerated on Planetfurry. Any one sending spam to or from a Planetfurry or affiliated address will be blacklisted and their ISP's notified.
The address that has been blacklisted is:
[email protected]