[APML] OT: Help with Virus info

["Brian Larmay" <astrobri@ameritech.net>]

Hi, I havent been posting lately due to a possible vius that I may have.
2 day s ago I was bombed by at least 200 virus emails with headers such as
"your application", "your approved", "thank you", "Wicked Screensaver",
etc., etc.

Since then, the virus attacks have stopped, but now I get emails saying my
mail is undeliverable which I havent even sent.

I upgraded to AVG 7.0 antivirus and it cant find any virus in my OS.

I recieved one email back which reads:


<snip>

This is the Postfix program at host mail.messagingengine.com.

I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned
below could not be delivered to one or more destinations.

For further assistance, please send mail to <postmaster>

If you do so, please include this problem report. You can
delete your own text from the message returned below.

The Postfix program

<riceman@fastmail.fm>: host 10.202.2.150[10.202.2.150] said: 552 Common
virus
    payload files .pif and .scr blocked (eg. W32/Sobig). To send this file,
    please zip it first (in reply to end of DATA command)

<snip>

There is an attachment that came with it that reads: "Your application",
with a file size of: 2.97 kb

My assumption is that I am being used to deliver these viruses.

Ive also scanned my OS with the Symantec W32.Sobig.E@mm removal tool and
found nothing.

Help!!

Brian

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