[linux] Returned mail: see transcript for details

[A.J. Rossini]

Good morning!  90 spams later, it looks like it's another spam day...
Welcome to your delete key :-).

best,
-tony


"Cliff O." <cliffo at u.washington.edu> writes:

> Anyone know what this is all about?  I have 5 other error messages in my
> inbox this morning similar to (but not the same as) this type...anyone
> else seen/seeing this behavior?
>
> Thanks,
> Cliff
>
> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 dittrich at cac.washington.edu wrote:
>
>> Dear user linux at u.washington.edu, Mail system administrator of u.washington.edu would like to inform you
>>
>> We have received reports that your email account has been used to send a large amount of spam during the last week.
>> We suspect that your computer was infected by a recent virus and now runs a trojan proxy server.
>>
>> We recommend you to follow our instructions in order to keep your computer safe.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> u.washington.edu support team.
>>
>>
>> <PRE>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> +   --           Warning text added to this message by        --  +
>> +   --   University of Washington Computing & Communications  --  +
>> +   --                  help at cac.washington.edu               --  +
>> +                                                                 +
>> + ATTACHMENTS DELETED                                             +
>> +                                                                 +
>> + One or more attachments have been deleted from this message     +
>> + by UW C&C because they are of a file type currently being       +
>> + used by attackers to try to get viruses onto UW computers.      +
>> +                                                                 +
>> + o If the sender of the message is known to you, and you were    +
>> +   expecting the attachments, you will need to make arrangements +
>> +   with the sender to receive the attachments by other means or  +
>> +   have the attachments resent after changing the file names.    +
>> +   For a list of offending file names, see                       +
>> +    http://www.washington.edu/computing/alerts/attachblock.html  +
>> +                                                                 +
>> + o If the sender is not known to you, it is possible that this   +
>> +   is actually generated by a virus and you may safely delete    +
>> +   and ignore this message.                                      +
>> +                                                                 +
>> + o If this message looks like an official message from some      +
>> +   UW organization and instructs you to open the attachment      +
>> +   to get important information, it is likely to be a fake.      +
>> +   Virus writers are increasingly using this technique (called   +
>> +   "social engineering") to mislead people into doing what they  +
>> +   want.                                                         +
>> +                                                                 +
>> + C&C never sends attachments with information messages about     +
>> + your account, password, or security issues. Instead, you will   +
>> + be directed to a Web page on a C&C site.                        +
>> +                                                                 +
>> + Further information may be found on the Major Computing and     +
>> + Network Outages page at                                         +
>> +     http://www.washington.edu/computing/outages/                +
>> + C&C will also post any updates to the Outages page as events    +
>> + occur.                                                          +
>> +                                                                 +
>> + Please contact help at cac or your local computing support team    +
>> + if you have further questions.                                  +
>> +                                                                 +
>> +   --           Warning text added to this message by        --  +
>> +   --   University of Washington Computing & Communications  --  +
>> +   --                  help at cac.washington.edu               --  +
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> </PRE>
>>
>

-- 
Anthony Rossini			    Research Associate Professor
rossini at u.washington.edu            http://www.analytics.washington.edu/ 
Biomedical and Health Informatics   University of Washington
Biostatistics, SCHARP/HVTN          Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
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