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Date:	Thu, 10 Jun 2004 11:59:22 PDT7
From:	"Bob" <2lvvuss02@sneakemail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: The "Hi" virus msg to this list yesterday

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** Reply to message from "Peter Skye pskye-at-peterskye.com |SCOUG-Help|"
on Thu, 10 Jun 2004 06:31:57 PDT7

> The virus message that came through the SCOUG-Help list yesterday is, as
> far as I can determine so far, a spoof of one of our members'
> addresses. The original time stamp in the header is -0500 which means
> it came from the midwest time zone.

That spam came from an ISP at uninet.net.mx. When I received it yesterday I
sent a message to abuse@uninet.net.mx to let then know one of their customers
had a virus.

Spoofing the from address is standard operating procedures for viruses (also
for spams).

--
Robert Blair

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