Spam
 

Does anyone know if anything is being done to stop this
mess? I haven't heard a word on the news about this one.

Spam in general, or one in particular.

Safe assumtion is "no" for the former, "yes" for the latter.

Unfortuneately, spamming is such easy money, 30 new ones pop-up for every
one busted.

--
Gregg
Reported 60,000+ spams and they still keep coming :-(

One of my accounts has been getting completely inundated with the fake
Microsoft Update and "Undeliverable Message" virus attempts...I'm talking
about a CONTINUOUS STREAM of copies of the same thing over and over.
Fortunately, it's a junk account. The motherfu**er that is spamming me
keeps changing the domain, From line and Subject line so I have to
constantly update my filters to keep up with it. SPAMMERS, DIE!!!


"Burr" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if anything is being done to stop this
mess? I haven't heard a word on the news about this one.

- Hope they catch the guy..
Dress him up as a harbor seal
coat him with Tuna Blood

- & feed him to the Great Whites...


In article , "DougSlug"
writes:


Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2003 22:27:46 GMT

One of my accounts has been getting completely inundated with the fake
Microsoft Update and "Undeliverable Message" virus attempts...I'm talking
about a CONTINUOUS STREAM of copies of the same thing over and over.
Fortunately, it's a junk account. The motherfu**er that is spamming me
keeps changing the domain, From line and Subject line so I have to
constantly update my filters to keep up with it. SPAMMERS, DIE!!!


"Burr" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if anything is being done to stop this
mess? I haven't heard a word on the news about this one.

It's this account that's getting hit and just start on one
of my others. I have 8 accounts.
This "pho" account is being hit every minute.

"I HOPE" that at sometime it's going to stop.

Burr

Burr wrote:

Does anyone know if anything is being done to stop this mess? I haven't
heard a word on the news about this one.

"Burr" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if anything is being done to stop this
mess? I haven't heard a word on the news about this one.


This is a big attack on usenet users, but I doubt the news media will pay
much attention unless it gets out into the general public. Usenet is a tiny
corner of the internet nowadays, and most computer users are completely
unaware of it. So the reporters are unlikely to get a first hand sample of
the spam attack, the general public doesn't start asking why the hell they
have all this spam in their mailboxes and the Internet itself doesn't slow
down a noticeable amount.

There's been some speculation on the newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email
that these worms are designed to be taken over by a spammer who will later
send out thousands of spam e-mails from an infected machine. In this
particular case, the worm may have been targeted at newsgroups in which
there are technically oriented users who trace the spam back to an ISP and
report the abuse. Seems plausible, but I'm just repeating someone else's
speculation.

Frank Dresser

DougSlug wrote:

One of my accounts has been getting completely inundated with the fake
Microsoft Update and "Undeliverable Message" virus attempts...I'm talking
about a CONTINUOUS STREAM of copies of the same thing over and over.
Fortunately, it's a junk account. The motherfu**er that is spamming me
keeps changing the domain, From line and Subject line so I have to
constantly update my filters to keep up with it. SPAMMERS, DIE!!!

Er, it's probably not "a" person if you're getting that many copies.
I for one am getting about 50 per hour myself (and to make things
worse, once it gets to about 100 messages unread, my Earthlink mailbox
reaches its 10MB limit, and all legitimate attempts to E-mail me get
sent back a "Undeliverable - Mailbox Full" response).

It's also not a spam - it's a full-blown virus. The "from" addresses
are forged, so there's little if any way of knowing who is sending
each of the copies you are getting, but I can almost guarantee that it
is more than one person.

You're more likely to get lots of these if:
(a) you send out a lot of E-mail (the more times your address appears
somewhere, the more likely it's on an infected machine);
(b) you're on a mailing list (I've been hit with virus bombs from a
mailing list I'm on in the past - infected machines send the message
to the mailing list, which happily sends copies to everybody on it);
(c) your address is on a website, especially one that a lot of people
happen to save pages onto their own machines.


----------------------------------------------
Don Del Grande,
I'm surprised nobody has come up with a virus that pops up a window
saying "This never would have happened had you been using (choose one:
Linux, a Macintosh)"

"Don Del Grande" wrote in message
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Er, it's probably not "a" person if you're getting that many copies.
I for one am getting about 50 per hour myself (and to make things
worse, once it gets to about 100 messages unread, my Earthlink mailbox
reaches its 10MB limit, and all legitimate attempts to E-mail me get
sent back a "Undeliverable - Mailbox Full" response).

It's also not a spam - it's a full-blown virus. The "from" addresses
are forged, so there's little if any way of knowing who is sending
each of the copies you are getting, but I can almost guarantee that it
is more than one person.

That's true. These are coming from many ISPs.


You're more likely to get lots of these if:
(a) you send out a lot of E-mail (the more times your address appears
somewhere, the more likely it's on an infected machine);
(b) you're on a mailing list (I've been hit with virus bombs from a
mailing list I'm on in the past - infected machines send the message
to the mailing list, which happily sends copies to everybody on it);
(c) your address is on a website, especially one that a lot of people
happen to save pages onto their own machines.


----------------------------------------------
Don Del Grande,


In this particular case, it seems to be going to usenet posters. I have
more than one e-mail address, but this is the only one getting spammed.

Frank Dresser

"Burr" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if anything is being done to stop this
mess? I haven't heard a word on the news about this one.


I prefer Bob Evans Breakfast Links.

Much fresher than 5 Months old "ham-in-a-can".

Quoth "Beloved Leader #4" in
:

"Burr" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if anything is being done to stop this
mess? I haven't heard a word on the news about this one.


I prefer Bob Evans Breakfast Links.

Much fresher than 5 Months old "ham-in-a-can".

If you can find the newish "smoked flavor" SPAM, give it a try.

Sliced thin and fried, it tastes like pretty fair bacon. And it keeps a lot
better on the pantry shelf...


--
When Clinton Lied
Nobody Died.
Fire Bush in 2004.

"DougSlug" wrote in message
. net...
One of my accounts has been getting completely inundated with the fake
Microsoft Update and "Undeliverable Message" virus attempts...I'm talking
about a CONTINUOUS STREAM of copies of the same thing over and over.

This has just started happening to one of my accounts. I deleted 725 on
Friday through webmail. I'm about to close this account.

Try the Mail Washer www.mailwasher.net After using it's bounce back
feature for awhile, it will stop. That fake microsoft update with a virus
attached is great to bounce back!!



"Burr" wrote in message
...
Does anyone know if anything is being done to stop this
mess? I haven't heard a word on the news about this one.

"DougSlug" wrote in
. net:

One of my accounts has been getting completely inundated with the fake
Microsoft Update and "Undeliverable Message" virus attempts...I'm talking
about a CONTINUOUS STREAM of copies of the same thing over and over.
Fortunately, it's a junk account. The motherfu**er that is spamming me
keeps changing the domain, From line and Subject line so I have to
constantly update my filters to keep up with it. SPAMMERS, DIE!!!

Why don't you learn something about the Internet, and how viruses are
spread, before opening your mouth and showing us all how ignorant you are?

Viruses hijack the user's address book and sends copies of itself to
everybody in it. There is no "motherfu**er" - this is a result of 10,000s
of infected computers.

"Royce Dean" wrote in
news:2bgbb.533671$YN5.355499@sccrnsc01:

Try the Mail Washer www.mailwasher.net After using it's bounce back
feature for awhile, it will stop. That fake microsoft update with a virus
attached is great to bounce back!!


And after you bounce back a few thousand of them, you may very well find
that your ISP has identified you as a SPAMMER and will cancel your account!

Bouncing back does absolutely no good, clogs the Internet even more, and
could cost you your ISP account.

"donut" wrote in message
...
"DougSlug" wrote in
. net:

One of my accounts has been getting completely inundated with the fake
Microsoft Update and "Undeliverable Message" virus attempts...I'm
talking
about a CONTINUOUS STREAM of copies of the same thing over and over.
Fortunately, it's a junk account. The motherfu**er that is spamming me
keeps changing the domain, From line and Subject line so I have to
constantly update my filters to keep up with it. SPAMMERS, DIE!!!

Why don't you learn something about the Internet, and how viruses are
spread, before opening your mouth and showing us all how ignorant you are?

Viruses hijack the user's address book and sends copies of itself to
everybody in it. There is no "motherfu**er" - this is a result of 10,000s
of infected computers.


I suspect that the originators harvested addresses from various newsgroups
and websites to kick it off. I've gotten far more of these than can be
explained by being in other people's address books.

See my "got 'em"


Burr



helmsman wrote:

"Dee D. Flint" wrote:


"donut" wrote in message
...

"DougSlug" wrote in
. cv.net:


One of my accounts has been getting completely inundated with the fake
Microsoft Update and "Undeliverable Message" virus attempts...I'm

talking

about a CONTINUOUS STREAM of copies of the same thing over and over.
Fortunately, it's a junk account. The motherfu**er that is spamming me
keeps changing the domain, From line and Subject line so I have to
constantly update my filters to keep up with it. SPAMMERS, DIE!!!

Why don't you learn something about the Internet, and how viruses are
spread, before opening your mouth and showing us all how ignorant you are?

Viruses hijack the user's address book and sends copies of itself to
everybody in it. There is no "motherfu**er" - this is a result of 10,000s
of infected computers.


Number one-someone started it! That person should be executed!

I suspect that the originators harvested addresses from various newsgroups
and websites to kick it off. I've gotten far more of these than can be
explained by being in other people's address books.


Same here, at a guess 100 MG's a day. And since I only have 10 Mg's
of storage for e-mail and real e-mail is dropped as the box is full
all the time.
.
9.11.2001
Never Forget.

"Dee D. Flint" wrote:

I suspect that the originators harvested addresses from various newsgroups
and websites to kick it off. I've gotten far more of these than can be
explained by being in other people's address books.

A good reason for not using a real email address on newsgroups.


-----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =-----
http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World!
-----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =-----

It's reassuring to know you can always count on someone to let you know how
ignorant you are.

Let me clarify...the motherfu**er I'm referring to is the guy who started
it. You will agree that a single person has to start something like that,
won't you? For every malevolent bit of software we encounter, there had to
be one person who wrote it.

Needless to say, the account is no longer.

I may be ignorant, but you could use a little more work on your politeness
skills.



"donut" wrote in message
...
Why don't you learn something about the Internet, and how viruses are
spread, before opening your mouth and showing us all how ignorant you are?

Viruses hijack the user's address book and sends copies of itself to
everybody in it. There is no "motherfu**er" - this is a result of 10,000s
of infected computers.