Hijacked Zombie boxes

From: henry baker (holmes_at_sherlock.buz)
Date: 05/31/04 

Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 00:32:27 -0400

Many people here who have been infected by virms that take control of
their boxes may not realize that they are the ones sending me spam and
viruses because they have been electronically raped and their computers
are being used by people in other countries to send pornographic and other
spam, selling illegal drugs and other products and also sending out
viruses and worms to other computers.
If your computer has been raped, your immediate concern is to get it
offline and then fix it.
I deal in spam elimination and report the IP address of each and every
computer that sends me spam and virii to their host IP demanding that that
computer be taken off line immediately.
There is absolutely no excuse for gettting infected except for stupidity
or worse, by buying a "million address" CD and hoping to get rich by
spamming, or by illegally downloading copyrighted files from a service
such as kaaza and others and getting zombified.
I will start publishing the IP addresses of infected computers that are
currently spamming and attempting to contaminate other computers.
If you see yours (assuming you even know what an IP address is) you better
turn that box off.
Well over 60% of the spam and virus attacks are made by "innocent" owners
of hijacked (raped ) boxes, most running XP.
Time for action is now. Update your security patches and be sure you are
running a up-to-date AV program or expect to be reported to your ISP
immediately. Many ISPs are already taking action about these zombies and
it's about time.

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Why not virus/worm blocklist?
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  • Re: Why not virus/worm blocklist?
    ... to do with the connection between virus writers and spammers. ... spam until they were thrown off the site. ... Turning now to virus and worm writers. ... The method of distribution is now thousands of Windows computers, ...
    (comp.os.linux.security)
  • Re: Hijacked Zombie boxes
    ... Is it correct that the first-mentioned ISP in the File> ... >> spam, selling illegal drugs and other products and also ... >> viruses and worms to other computers. ... >> If your computer has been raped, your immediate concern is to ...
    (microsoft.public.security.virus)
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  • Re: Hijacked Zombie boxes
    ... I tracked one of these persistent pests and tracked the ISP in the message ... > spam, selling illegal drugs and other products and also sending out ... > viruses and worms to other computers. ... > If your computer has been raped, your immediate concern is to get it ...
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