[fw-wiz] To spoof or not to spoof???? That is the question....

From: InHisGrip (servie_platon_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 07/29/04

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Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:14:17 -0700 (PDT)

    Hi guys,

    I don't know if you have already answered this or not?

    This is about email spoofing. A long time back, this
    email address of mine was spoofed or atleast being
    used to send malicious worms, beagle variant.

    Now, right now it happened again like I received an
    email with attachment coming from myself and sent to
    my address also which is infected with this worm
    variant.

    My question is, since this worm has happened before
    and I checked the security updates/howto's from
    symantec and mcafee.... I checked and found that my
    client PC's was not infected and clearn.

    I was just wondering why this happened again? I am
    sure that this is not due to my present configuration
    as this problem happened in the past and besides, I
    followed all the suggestions from this group on how to
    secure both my linux box, my home networked PC's and
    my hardware router.

    Since this has happened again, I have decided to use
    gnupg for all my machines in the future. However, I am
    just curious as to how this has happened?

    What are the possibilities? Is my yahoo mail account
    been infected? Or is it possible that a person that I
    know has been infected that's why occasionally it
    sends an email to all addresses in the address book?
    Also, I always make sure that my antivir have
    automatic updates of the latest virus definitions
    regularly.

    The only thing that I may know right now is, when I
    made an online purchase for a product.... though I
    went into a site that is secure as it is a https
    site... I think, someone may have intercepted some of
    my packets and sniffed their way through. Or unless
    otherwise...

    Can anyone please enlighten me on this email spoofing
    before I decomission this email for good and use
    another one if there is no cure or solution for this.

    Thanks and hope to hear from you soon.

    InHisGrip,
    Servie

                    
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