Off topic: Microsoft spam

Apparently the network that is behind all that Microsoft spam deluging
some of us:

email address: mwinf0505@wanadoo.fr

Complain to abuse@wanadoo.fr

(We all know it's not really Microsoft.)


-HW "Skip" Weldon
Columbia, SC

I have been getting these for several weeks. I bet I have gotten 500 or
more of them.

--
Jim Wyatt

"HW "Skip" Weldon" <skip5700@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:lm0movgpthekdpvm4eccplpmtriheqttt4@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 19:11:14 GMT, Jim Wyatt
> <Jim@nospam-reef-divers.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >I have been getting these for several weeks. I bet I have gotten 500 or
> >more of them.
>
> Me too. I don't have the virus, but am the beneficiary of a bunch of
> JACKASSES who can't refrain from clicking on attachments.
>
> How much longer do we have to endure this?

Until 1.) there are no more jackasses who can't refrain from clicking on
attachments, 2.) until the jackasses stop clicking on attachments, or 3.)
you get rid of your computer . Yep, I'd say that just about covers it.
I don't expect any of those things to happen any time soon.

>
> -HW "Skip" Weldon
> Columbia, SC

"HW "Skip" Weldon" wrote ...
> How much longer do we have to endure this?

I suspect that it will stop in a few billion years about 8-10 minutes after
the sun goes supernova...

"Jim Wyatt" <Jim@nospam-reef-divers.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9413C22008DA6Jimreefdiverscom@216.77.188.2 ...
> > Until 1.) there are no more jackasses who can't refrain from clicking
> > on attachments, 2.) until the jackasses stop clicking on attachments,
> > or 3.) you get rid of your computer . Yep, I'd say that just about
> > covers it. I don't expect any of those things to happen any time soon.
>
> I have not clicked on 'em...only a moron would.

All it takes is somebody who is not a particularly sophisticated computer
user, particularly for this virus. The Microsoft screen that accompanies it
looks quite authentic. For what it's worth, this one is also being spread
via peer to peer sharing, Grokster, Morphius, etc. and as a screen saver.
It would not surprise me to find the virus is related to the music industry
which, as most know, is trying very hard to stop peer to peer sharing
systems. Poor babies are only making a few million a day instead of making
a few more.

Lee

In article <Xns94139AD46D9FJimreefdiverscom@216.77.188.3>, Jim Wyatt
<Jim@nospam-reef-divers.com> wrote:

€ I have been getting these for several weeks. I bet I have gotten 500 or
€ more of them.

Just like you, wyatt boy.

A month behind the rest of the world...

--
"We're going to rush the hijackers."
-Jeremy Glick, aboard United Airlines flight 93, September 11, 2001

Jim Wyatt wrote:
>
> I have been getting these for several weeks. I bet I have gotten 500 or
> more of them.
>
> --
> Jim Wyatt

At 500 you're doing well. I get more than 300 PER DAY. When the worm
first hit I was getting 2,000 per day. Now it's dropping quickly. Not
quickly enough, but quickly. I filter out all of it at the server level
so nothing gets downloaded into my computer, but it still takes 5
minutes to check a couple of hundred messages to pick out the real ones.

Steve Kramer
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Five years, one month, three weeks, two days, 3 hours, 58 minutes and 31
seconds. 56404 cigarettes not smoked, saving $14,101.24. Life used for a
better purpose: 27 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours, 20 minutes.

--
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons,
but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust

"HW \"Skip\" Weldon" <skip5700@yahoo.com> entertained us with:
:How much longer do we have to endure this?

My isp did something about this. Why hasn't yours?

Dan Bracuk
As Big Ben said to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, I've got the time if you've got the inclination.
The Best of Rec.Scuba
http://www.pathcom.com/~bracuk/RecScuba/


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In article <3F8B5864.D4CF25C0@photoenvisions.com>, Steve Kramer
<sales@photoenvisions.com> wrote:

€Jim Wyatt wrote:
€>
€> I have been getting these for several weeks. I bet I have gotten 500 or
€> more of them.
€>
€> --
€> Jim Wyatt
€
€At 500 you're doing well. I get more than 300 PER DAY. When the worm
€first hit I was getting 2,000 per day. Now it's dropping quickly. Not
€quickly enough, but quickly. I filter out all of it at the server level
€so nothing gets downloaded into my computer, but it still takes 5
€minutes to check a couple of hundred messages to pick out the real ones.
€

I thought you were more invincible than this <g>.

It's nice to hear from you again, Steve.

Alan

Alan Street wrote:
>
> In article <3F8B5864.D4CF25C0@photoenvisions.com>, Steve Kramer
> <sales@photoenvisions.com> wrote:
>
> €Jim Wyatt wrote:
> €>
> €> I have been getting these for several weeks. I bet I have gotten 500 or
> €> more of them.
> €>
> €> --
> €> Jim Wyatt
> €
> €At 500 you're doing well. I get more than 300 PER DAY. When the worm
> €first hit I was getting 2,000 per day. Now it's dropping quickly. Not
> €quickly enough, but quickly. I filter out all of it at the server level
> €so nothing gets downloaded into my computer, but it still takes 5
> €minutes to check a couple of hundred messages to pick out the real ones.
> €
>
> I thought you were more invincible than this <g>.

Totally invincible. (though Kryptonite 'might' get through...) Not a
single one got through to my own computer! Everything was stopped at the
server level. I already had the spam block in place on my server before
the worm hit. It was just a matter of annotating a couple of filter
rules. There is a secondary fire wall as well as a daily updated
anti-virus program on my computers as well. I can't afford any computer
down time. I have too many deadlines to meet each month these days.

Steve Kramer
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Five years, one month, three weeks, two days, 7 hours, 27 minutes and 17
seconds. 56409 cigarettes not smoked, saving $14,102.33. Life used for a
better purpose: 27 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours, 45 minutes.




--
"The voyage of discovery lies not in seeking new horizons,
but in seeing with new eyes." - Marcel Proust