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Re: virus' on the list



On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:31:39 +0900, 
Nick Hastings <hastings@bmail.kek.jp> wrote in message 
<[🔎] 20030827043139.GA16944@bmail.kek.jp>:

> * amg <ph33rful@optonline.net> [030827 13:23]:
> 
> <snip>
> > While browsing my inbox, which I only do every several days, I
> > notice messages from places such as "info@winram.com" (this was
> > recently, I received (or it was sent?) it: 03.08.28).
> > 
> > I am wondering what this is. Did someone send a virus/worm/whatever
> > to debian-user@lists.debian.org?
> 
> <snip>
> 
> A virus/worm/whatever was sent to someone at winram.com. The email
> "From:" header was faked to be debian-user@lists.debian.org. The virus
> was found and a stupid automatic reply was sent to the address shown
> in the "From:" header. Hence the noise on this list.
> 
> Nick.
> 

..this character is hilarious; check jwhois and dig winram.com,
then dig -x his ip, and then browse http://winram.com .  ;-)


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..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-)
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
  Scenarios always come in sets of three: 
  best case, worst case, and just in case.



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