RE: Spam from Symantec

From: Bruce.Orcutt@alltel.com
Date: 02/07/03

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From: <Bruce.Orcutt@alltel.com>
To: <mikeheitz@upshotmail.com>, <alaskan@telusplanet.net>, <security-basics@securityfocus.com>

    The most ironic I find these days are the ones that start out "Get rid of SPAM now".

    As for the Systemworks emails, there was a write-up a few weeks ago, forget by who (could of been CNET), in which this was addressed.

    Apparently, a large number of surplus copies of Systemworks were purchased by some lesser known vendors who have nothing to do with Symantec itself. These vendors are the ones who have been doing the spamming. Symantec was questioned, and they officially stated they did not agree with the vendors sales tactics, but had little control over their actions.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Mike Heitz [mailto:mikeheitz@upshotmail.com]
    Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 1:43 PM
    To: alaskan@telusplanet.net; security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: RE: Spam from Symantec

    That's almost as bad as the amount of SPAM I receive advertising the
    Chubb Institute and DeVry University. Let's see... you claim to teach IT
    yet you offend every IT person on the planet by spamming them???
    Ingenious approach!

    mike heitz ** sr it manager ** UPSHOT
    312-943-0900 x5190

    -----Original Message-----
    From: alaskan@telusplanet.net [mailto:alaskan@telusplanet.net]
    Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:35 PM
    To: security-basics@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Spam from Symantec

    Is anyone on this e-mail continually getting spam e-mails about Norton
    System Works 2003? I would think that this would be a scam to try and
    get credit card numbers etc... If it was legitimate, I think I will
    switch to linux sooner than planned.

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