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freighter fighter

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:17 am

Wtf is this?

I just recieved this email:

From : Laura Melvin <[email protected]>
Reply-To : "Laura Melvin" <[email protected]>
Sent : 19 April 2004 11:18:27
To : <[email protected]>
Subject : hans bilateral dunedin cramer combatant volta card canoe bugle cup murk borderland booky gun dolomitic cute auto olav clergyman convocate photon lindsey colorimeter dragnet amsterdam brest corvette seller broad falsehood abominable hut duplex microscopy worthy mercantile

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edmondson chambermaid afraid filial blame dubious aura ymca porphyry baffle
splendid wrigley peridotite wiretap

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Teronium

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:31 am

I think the sender is a bit COO-KOO

freighter fighter

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:00 am

a bit what?

gromit

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:05 am

I get a lot of these types of spam...not sure what the relevance of them is, but they all have a great deal of "mixed up" lettering...I delete them without reading usually, as with all spam.

freighter fighter

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:07 am

maybe its to get around the spam filters that look for specific words?

Indy11

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:29 am

Some kind of random word generator is involved. I wonder if it a hacker experimenting with new circumventions and proving that it works to someone else on a real time basis.

Esquilax

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:24 pm

ff - That's it exactly. Spam-filters look for specific phrases such as "Save now!" and their ilk, and having a random message bypasses such filters. The only problem is that it makes it extremely difficult to advertise products . Of course, it still means that you can infect people who open attachments (if any), and still end up flooding the internet with useless garbage.

ff, if you don't know the person who is emailing you, why do you open the message? That's a sure way to get a worm. Mark my words.

freighter fighter

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 2:32 pm

not if you dont download attachments

Chips

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:25 pm

See the new variant of the Netsky virus.....click on the subject, and your infected.

Esquilax

Post Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:08 pm

According to my information, as I quoted in that topic, that's only if you don't patch Outlook Express Chips. The user who does not utilise OE will not be affected.

ff - It's the principle; why open an email from someone you don't know, with a subject line that has no relevance to you?

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