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[matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

Anyone else getting 1,400 of these an hour?  It all seemed to begin 
around noon today.  Basically, false "delivery failure" reports, most 
indicating that my infected computer is running a hidden proxy server 
for spammers.  They all seem to have Windows viruses attached, which is 
wasting a lot of bandwidth.  And, no, the message below did *not* come 
from "The matusiak.org support team."

Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Bounced mail" <noreply AT matusiak.org>
> Date: July 26, 2004 1:03:39 PM EDT
> To: dave @ matusiak.org
> Subject: Delivery reports about your e-mail
>
> Dear user dave @ matusiak.org,
>
> Your account was used to send a large amount of spam messages during 
> the recent week.
> Obviously, your computer was infected and now runs a hidden proxy 
> server.
>
> We recommend that you follow the instructions in order to keep your 
> computer safe.
>
> Have a nice day,
> The matusiak.org support team.

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