Re: Latest Worm - Why such a flood?
From: Dave (dave_at_nospam.com)
Date: 09/20/03
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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:26:16 -0700
"Bit Twister" <BitTwister@localhost.localdomain> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:09:01 -0700, Dave wrote:
--- snip ---
> > Why is this worm able to flood mailboxes, when previous worms were at
most
> > just an annoyance?
>
> read about it.
>
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/security/story/0,2000048600,20277185,00.htm
>
> There has been some talk that maybe email addresses were harvested
> from usenet to get the starting list. If so, there would be a bunch
> of Microsoft users to realy help this one along.
This seems right. Although the "mail bombing" is affecting me and lots of
other users, it is still only a "medium" level threat by McAfee, and "low"
threat by Norton. The common factor may be our recent posts to usenet,
which contained our real email addresses, and put us on the "starting list".
> > Is there anything an individual can do,
>
> Not me, yet.
> I never post my email on usenet.
> Email name contains numbers and/or underscores.
> I never pick an email found with a search engine.
> I've told everyone I give an email address to not put it in their
> email address book.
> I give trash email addresses to ebusinesses.
>
For many years I have used only temporary addresses for ebusiness. When the
spam gets bad enough (usually a year or two), I just move on to the next
address. I've just never had it get this bad this quick. From now on, I
will use a fake email address in any public forum. Lesson learned. :>)
- Dave
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