watching the sobig detectives..

Finally get round to updating, after a hectic work week, and a fun weekend in which we wandered up to San Francisco's Japantown with friends (more on that later), but for starters, here's how you find people who have the Sobig virus, Sherlock Holmes-style:

simoniker: i just had an interesting idea.
simoniker: if you know you only have one person sending sobig virus mail to you, can you work out who it is from the email addresses it appears to be 'from' by building up a picture of the individual's likes? :)
simoniker: since they have to be harvested from that person's machine.
jellicle_: if you examine the email headers, their IP address is probably listed...
simoniker: i can tell this person is swedish and likes the Amiga .MOD scene, actually. so it does kinda work.
simoniker: i want to do stupid detective work tho, not know for sure 0:)
simoniker: by IP, yes, he's from Telianet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Yes, yes, I know you can work out the originator by IP, but isn't it so much more fun to add up the clues yourself? :) Elementary, Dr.Watson!