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List:       ntp-hackers
Subject:    Re: [ntp:hackers] Floodgates
From:       Danny Mayer <mayer () gis ! net>
Date:       2003-05-21 3:01:38
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This is not, in fact, new. I've had Eudora set up for at least the past
6 months to delete any message coming from inet or support@microsoft.com.
Microsoft never sends any attachments. I've even set up
my Spam filter to catch this stuff, so I don't even waste bandwidth downloading
it.

Danny
At 09:02 PM 5/20/03, David L. Mills wrote:
>Mark,
>
>In fact, we have discussed, both at the campus and department level, a
>comprehensive virus/spam facility staffed with what I have proposed as
>an Internet Marshall. While I can't take full credit for that, a
>part-time marshall has in fact been hired. A lot of icky mail in fact
>shows up at my stoop without attachment and with warning notice.
>However, the marshall goes home to Texas on weekends and his
>jurisdiction is limited to that state and the city of Newark. I would
>assume he is in process of deputizing a posse to corner the varmit soon.
>
>Dave
>
>Mark Martinec wrote:
> >
> > | I have been getting about a dozen bogus messages from
> > | support.microsoft.com every minute(!), which really jammed IMAP over my
> >
> > A virus W32/Palyh-A, born this weekend, faking
> > to be comming from support@microsoft.com
> > ( http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32palyha.html )
> >
> > It might be more useful to have a virus protection at the
> > incomming mailer, than having to adjust procmail for every
> > new active virus.
> >
> >   Mark
> >
> > (still here, lurking in the dark)
> >
> > --
> >   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >   !!  Mark Martinec (system manager)     tel  +386 1 4773-575 !!
> >   !!  J. Stefan Institute, Jamova 39     fax  +386 1 2519-385 !!
> >   !!  SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia        mark.martinec@ijs.si !!
> >   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.ijs.si/people/mark/ !!!!

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