Re: A new bug in csrss.exe ??

From: Joe Richards [MVP] (humorexpress@hotmail.com)
Date: 11/15/02


From: "Joe Richards [MVP]" <humorexpress@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 12:33:00 -0500


They send the messenger notifications to a range of IP addresses, one at a
time. Some hit their target some get dropped.

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Joe Richards
www.joeware.net
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"Guillaume" <grs@mail.com> wrote in message
news:u3k6XBDjCHA.2592@tkmsftngp09...
> > This is the messenger service, not to be confused with MSN Messenger or
> > Windows messenger.  It's been in Windows a long time, most for network
admin
> > to notify clients of network problems.  Only recently have spammers
latched
> > onto it.
>
> Thanks for this pointer.
>
> One thing remains to be explained though: how do "spammers" effectively
> use this service?
>


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