Re: Virus Sent in Email intentionally
- From: "john" <johnnospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 12:39:29 -0400
Mark Dormer wrote:
I have reported a number of posts to abuse@.... aliases mostly in th
the 90's and nothing has ever come from it that I am aware of.
I got auto responses saying they received it. No more contact other
than that.
I never followed up as I prefer not to invest any time in these
people. Then again they weren't particularly bad cases. Only spam and
nuisance posters.
I know a few people that have received threats and have had action
taken by ISP's such as account cancellation and in one case referal
to the FBI. They contacted the police in another country and they
actually did visit the alleged perpertrator.
I guess all you can do is have a go at it.
Find the posters ISP, visit that ISP's website to see their policy
and if they have a page to report stuff. If not just email to the
abuse@xxxxxxxxxxx/com
Include the headers from the original post and state why you class it
as abuse.
To get the headers select the message and choose Properties - Details
tab (in Outlook Express which I see you are using)
Look at your post, it has the posting host listed. Use that IP
address to find the ISP
Use www.dnsstuff.com or www.samspade.org or whateer you like to find
out about the IP address owner
If they post using an anonymiser or via a web forum page the posting
host will be obfuscated.
Regards
Mark Dormer
"Jimmy B" <jimmybuffer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:H9qdneZl8KUP4RTZnZ2dnUVZ_vSdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Mark Dormer wrote:
Report it to the senders ISP, look at the headers or use a tool like
Sam Spade to find out who that is.
Chances are it is coming from a bot and chances are the ISP will do
nothing about it either.
I would just delete it and forget it, but I am a little apathetic.
Regards
Mark Dormer
I guess it is not even worth it as I suspected as you indicate.
Jimmy B" <jimmybuffer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AeudnYxk9esawBTZnZ2dnUVZ_s6dnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have received an email with a .bat file that I suspect might be
infected and wonder what is the best thing to do other than
deleting it. Should or could I send this to someone to report
their abuse and what would be the procedure? Usenet can be such a
bad place :) Thanks.
J.
I suspect I am getting this from a poster to a political group(Hate
group) that feels a need to do such to a "Liberal" that does not
agree with his assertions. Much of that going around these days. I
know some infections are unintentional but I would like to do what I
can to return the favor if I am sure how to report this properly. I
have always ignored and never reported anyone so I am ignorant about
the process. If you feel any ISP will do nothing then I will not
waste any ones time. I am curious about whatever comes of any
reports and if ISPs actually read abuse messages if only sent by a
single user or is this reserved for mass postings of the bulk SPAM
nature. Thanks for you input
Regards
J.
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