How to report Virus-SPAM

1. Go to
http://spam.abuse.net/userhelp/howtocomplain.shtml
for help on locating the originating IP-adress
2a. Go to
http://www.abuse.net/lookup.phtml
for looking up the abuse-adress.
2b. An alternative to 2a. is to get the tool SamSpade
(http://www.samspade.org) and use it to do abuse.net lookups and
whois-lookups if there is no abuse.net-adress. There are of course many such tools, 
SamSpade is just one free tool that I happen to use.

Remember to
- 1. always include full headers (like you normally
would with spam-report)
- 2. always include a link to information about
the virus in question with your complaint/information-letter
- 3. never include the virus itself

Not every ISP or company will take it seriously, but some actually do.
If you spend a little time reporting just a couple you will probably
help cure at least one computer somewhere.

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This page last changed: 2003-11-13 16:40 - copyright 2003 Nakawe data.
Email: gpl at nakawe dot se