Yaha Virus

Okay, heres the deal. I know the Yaha virus I am recieving is pretty old and all, but my question is not about disinfecting. What I would like to know is, how do I stop the emails from flooding in???

Obviously someone who has my email address is infected, BUT seeing as how the virus contains it's own SMTP protocols and therefore does not use a standard one, I have no way of tracking it...

It appears to be comming in from HOTMAIL but it is not from there it is just being spoofed with that name...

Any ideas on how to block it out would be very helpfull! Thanks.

~John~

There are *many* ways to deal with this, however, you will have to provide a bit more NFO.

1) Are you behind a firewall?
2) Is this a home setup or a business?
3) You can setup e-mail filters within your e-mail client (the quick and dirty way to deal with this) so if you tell us which one you use, we can assist you in setting up a filter.
4) Do you have a virus scanner running? There are ways to deal with it using a AV scanner.

If you give some more details Im sure people here will be happy to help you out. I know I will.

1) Are you behind a firewall?

Yes

2) Is this a home setup or a business?

It is a college e-mail address therefore I cannot change it and have limited access to the system.

3) You can setup e-mail filters within your e-mail client (the quick and dirty way to deal with this) so if you tell us which one you use, we can assist you in setting up a filter.

Yes the college uses a client called SquirrelMail, but I do not know what to filter. The From, subject, message, and all header info is changed each time. BUT the date is always DEC 31, 1969. That is the only thing I see that is always the same.

4) Do you have a virus scanner running? There are ways to deal with it using a AV scanner.

Yes I have Norton on the college computers.
But limited access to it's options

They run DeepFreeze on the computers here so If i do Anything, it all goes back to default the next time I log in. So most options are therefore pointless.

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Need more info please ask

The simplest way to trace an email is to cut 'n past it at http://www.spamcop.net.

Then use the email address(es) found to write an abuse email to his/her provider. Supply them the full headers of the email and they (the isp) will contact the offending user.

Well, I do not want to get this person in trouble... They are infected with the virus and it is not their fault that they are sending this out unwillingly... am I right?

I just want to stop getting the 5-7 emails a day that it sends to me.

And earlier I said we use a firewall.. WE DO NOT, we use a NAT here.

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Well, I do not want to get this person in trouble... They are infected with the virus and it is not their fault that they are sending this out unwillingly... am I right?

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Correct. But to find out who it is you will need to contact his/her ISP. And they are not going to give you the details of their customer(s) (privacy policy).

btw it IS their fault they got infected. They should have updated their system on a regular basis and they should run a descent virusscanner. If you don't, you're just begging for an infection these days.

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I just want to stop getting the 5-7 emails a day that it sends to me.

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Like i said before contact his/her ISP. They will contact the offending user.