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Mitchell Kapor | 26 Jul 2004 19:35
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Re: this does not seem right Re: Returned mail: Data format error

Some rogue program is grabbing and re-arranging email to forge headers. 
  Rest assured it's not from us.

On Jul 26, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Bruce Landon wrote:

> On 26 Jul 2004 at 10:40, mitch <at> osafoundation.org wrote:
>
> From:           	mitch <at> osafoundation.org
> To:             	design <at> osafoundation.org
> Date sent:      	Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:40:25 -0400
> Subject:        	[Design] Returned mail: Data format error
>
>> Dear user design <at> osafoundation.org,
>>
>> We have received reports that your e-mail account has been used to 
>> send a large
>> amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail during this week. Most likely 
>> your
>> computer was infected and now contains a hidden proxy server.
>>
>> Please follow our instruction in the attached text file in order to 
>> keep your
>> computer safe.
>>
>> Sincerely yours,
>> The osafoundation.org support team.
>>
>>
>
> ...
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Sarah Roberts | 26 Jul 2004 19:57
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Re: this does not seem right Re: Returned mail: Data format error

This is the Mydoom-o variant of the Mydoom virus.

--Sarah

On Jul 26, 2004, at 1:35 PM, Mitchell Kapor wrote:

> Some rogue program is grabbing and re-arranging email to forge 
> headers.  Rest assured it's not from us.
>
> On Jul 26, 2004, at 10:02 AM, Bruce Landon wrote:
>
>> On 26 Jul 2004 at 10:40, mitch <at> osafoundation.org wrote:
>>
>> From:           	mitch <at> osafoundation.org
>> To:             	design <at> osafoundation.org
>> Date sent:      	Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:40:25 -0400
>> Subject:        	[Design] Returned mail: Data format error
>>
>>> Dear user design <at> osafoundation.org,
>>>
>>> We have received reports that your e-mail account has been used to 
>>> send a large
>>> amount of unsolicited commercial e-mail during this week. Most 
>>> likely your
>>> computer was infected and now contains a hidden proxy server.
>>>
>>> Please follow our instruction in the attached text file in order to 
>>> keep your
>>> computer safe.
>>>
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Hamish Harvey | 26 Jul 2004 19:41
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Re: this does not seem right Re: Returned mail: Data format error

Mitchell Kapor wrote:

> Some rogue program is grabbing and re-arranging email to forge 
> headers.  Rest assured it's not from us.

This one, I'll wager:

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mydoom.m%40mm.html

I've had four copies today including the one which purported to be from 
osaf, which makes Symantec's estimate of 0-49 infections in 2 sites 
look, er, optimistic.

Hamish

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