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Re: [Amps] Spam and worms attachments from mailing list

Subject: Re: [Amps] Spam and worms attachments from mailing list
From: "Blake M." <n4gi@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:49:13 -0400
List-post: <mailto:amps@contesting.com>
Nothing shows tact like a public reply to a private message, Will.

I've no need for a lesson from you on e-mail spam, worms, etc, specially 
on an AMPLIFIER reflector which I signed on to for AMP info.

BS that.

73,
Blake N4GI




Will Matney wrote:

>BS!
>
>They have to KNOW your e-mail address to send it too! The only way they can 
>get that is by data mining or through someones address book. That means 
>there's only two ways and one would be by a worm sending out someones address 
>book over the net. The other is data mining apps where they will search 
>archives for folks addresses. That is used for spam. The worm is different and 
>was what I'm refering to. I get spam and dont care, but the worm attachments 
>had to come from somewhere. To be honest, I had my old e-mail address for 
>almost 5 years and the only time I ever started getting worm and virus 
>attachments was when I joined this and a 1-2 other mail groups on the net. If 
>it were what you say, I'd of been getting them from day one. These kiddie 
>scripters (not true hackers), dont care where they get their info, but they 
>use the worms to do it for them because their too lazy to run a data miner 
>which takes a lot of search time. The only way to get the infection is from 
>clicking on
  
> an attachment in an e-mail. Once one computer gets infected that has several 
> addresses on here in its address book, it spreads everywhere to others 
> infected. Then you start getting spoofed e-mails with the worm attached. 
> Generally Outlook or Outlook Express is the one that sends it because most 
> other e-mail apps or immune to the worm. I will not use Outlook over it and 
> use one that several businesses use named Courier.
>
>Best,
>
>Will
>
>
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>On 8/27/05 at 1:12 PM Blake M. wrote:
>
>  
>
>>Will Matney wrote:
>>
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>>>The new worm out has been hitting me every day, receiving as high a 6-8 a
>>>      
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>>day. Where this is a new e-mail addy, and this list is the only one I
>>signed back up with so far, that means it came from here. 
>>    
>>
>>This is "thinly sliced ocar meyer bologna".
>>
>>Here's a true generalization:  If you have a computer connected to the 
>>internet, you will get spam.  If you don't want spam, you must unplug 
>>your computer. 
>>
>>73,
>>Blake N4GI
>>
>>
>>
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