Re: Possibly virus alert: Fwd: Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Joe Burns <machinetool@s...> wrote:

> Has anybody else gotten this infected email recently? It seems to

be

> coming from someone with a home.com domain - I'm guessing from this

mailing

> list, but I could be wrong. Just about the only emails I get are

from this

> group. The timing was also funny - I got it just a few minutes

after

> posting to this mail list, which is typical for this virus.
>
> Here's the writeup on the virus:
>
> http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=98873&
>
> Don't open the attachment if you get this email!
>
> (I've deleted the infected attachment from the email below).
>
> >X-Persona: <Softhome.net>
> >Return-Path: <>
> >Delivered-To: machinetool@s...
> >Received: (qmail 5735 invoked by uid 417); 10 Jun 2001 22:45:06 -

0000

> >Received: from c123870-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com (HELO c123870-a)

(65.4.219.151)

> > by i-softhome-tango with SMTP; 10 Jun 2001 22:45:06 -0000
> >From: Hahaha <hahaha@s...>
> >Subject: Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!
> >MIME-Version: 1.0
> >Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--VERK1UJ012NOTQF"
> >
> >Today, Snowhite was turning 18. The 7 Dwarfs always where very

educated and

> >polite with Snowhite. When they go out work at mornign, they

promissed a

> >*huge* surprise. Snowhite was anxious. Suddlently, the door open,

and the

> Seven
> >Dwarfs enter...
> >
> >

I've got the same one about 3 weeks ago from microkinetics.
it looks like the virus sends itself using the host email adress.