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Re: [cobalt-security] Virus - How to find real source from forged header



Their isn't necessarily a "real" email address on faked emails, however
there is a an ip address on the header that you should be able to block
if need be.

On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 04:33, Achieve Website Design wrote:
> Hello,
> I apologise if this is slightly off topic, but it is an issue which is
> affecting my Raq4. I have been receiving the "Braid" virus from one source
> for the past 2 days. My PC anti virus software is picking it up, but
> interestingly, MailScanner isn't, but that is a separate issue.
> 
> Anyway, the 'from header' states that the virus is coming from one of my
> email addresses, but I am 99% that this is forged. My question is, how can
> find out the real email address from which this virus is being sent. It is
> becoming a problem as I'm receiving this upto 50 times per day.
> 
> Thanks,
> Declan.
> 
> 
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