Filter spam sent to generic addresses?

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  • jnoell
    Junior Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 10

    #1

    Filter spam sent to generic addresses?

    One of my domains is being hit with the Sober worm emails (e.g., ones in German, etc. -- that I verified the subject line on Symantec's site). I looked at the message source for a couple, and they are being sent to mailboxes@<thedomain.com> or X-User@<thedomain.com> or mailhost@<thedomain.com> or MailBox@<thedomain.com>.

    SpamAssassin is not catching them because the scores are low (e.g., 1.6-3). I am trying to see if there is another way to filter since they are not addressed to actual addresses. I have the default address set to :blackhole: for this domain.
  • ChrisTech
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2004
    • 530

    #2
    It's the new Sober.Q virus/worm.

    Try these rules if you are using spamassassin


    News stories
    here, and here and here.

    Symantec is calling it Trojan.Ascetic.C
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