Forum Archive Index - October 2002

[Holden Glova <dsafari@paradise.net.nz>]

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On Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:12, tennyson@caverock.net.nz wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Last night I received 20 messages from ISPs and individuals to say
> that I had sent a virus to them under the header "WRI - Snoopy?".
>
> Close inspection of this message showed that it had originated from
> 'wave.co.nz' which is not my ISP, and spread by MS Outlook which is
> not installed on my computer.  In other words this message was forged
> and has nothing to do with me.
>
> Co-incidentally, I also received a spam yesterday
>
> "Stock Market Crash Index Update 8/23"
>
> also from 'Davida' at the same ISP.
>
> The conclusion is clear.   There is some customer at 'wave.co.nz' who
> is harvesting addresses from the sharechat mailing list for spamming.
>   As if to confirm what a stupid person this spammer is, he is
> circulating a virus worm and probably doesn't even know he is doing
> it.
>
> I have already complained to 'wave' and to 'cox.com' where 'Davida'
> has his rogue website.
>
> 'Davida' or should that be 'David-duh' (even though I doubt that is
> your real name), you are a dunce, and now the whole of the sharechat
> community knows about your spamming and scamming.  It's hardly even
> worth getting you unsubscribed from the sharechat mailing list as I
> intend to make sure you lose your account with wave.
>
> SNOOPY

Hi there SNOOPY, long time no see. Glad to see you are still about. I'm not 
sure what people here know about virii, but I strongly urge anyone using a 
microsoft OS to __not__ use outlook. Use something else that isn't so tightly 
coupled to MS Office and has security as a major concern. I got my first 2 
virii sent to my personal account yesterday, both where the same. Both where 
a .scr attachment. I opened it in my editor and the first line contained 
(along with some other binary characters) "Warning, this program will not run 
in DOS". So clearly this is a program intended to run of some sort, and one 
could imagine it will try to replicate as well. Please folks, be careful out 
there. Do not open attachments from people you do not know and don't use MS 
Outlook, or Outlook express.

Now back to your regularly scheduled sharechat discussion...

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Signed,
Holden Glova
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