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Article: 12948 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Path: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!panix!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!feed.news.qwest.net!news.uswest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail
Message-ID: <3BEA90EE.6389CAFA@plustechnologies.com>
From: Rich Gray <richNOgSPAM@plustechnologies.com>
Organization: Plus Technologies Div. of Digital Controls Corp.
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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Ugly! (was Re: as actually as Sara cleans...)
References: <8633704354425520@61.9.128.12> <gWtomC2dEjRt-pn2-NuCFTiZt9BDh@localhost> <9s940h$pa$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
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Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 09:04:30 -0500
NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.149.38.174
X-Trace: news.uswest.net 1005228236 63.149.38.174 (Thu, 08 Nov 2001 08:03:56 CST)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 08:03:56 CST
Xref: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu comp.protocols.kermit.misc:12948
Frank da Cruz wrote:
>
> In article <gWtomC2dEjRt-pn2-NuCFTiZt9BDh@localhost>,
> ERA <era@eracc.hypermart.net> wrote:
> : On Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:17:30, Ben
> : <UGALVO@lyrmanu.pa.us> wrote:
> :
> : > Hard Disk Auto Format
> : >
> : > Quick, pull the plug, you might save something!
> :
> : Dude! That is *ugly*! :-) Good thing I don't use a web browser or
> : M$ LookOut to read news. Luckily this doesn't really do what it
> : claims and is a pretty harmless prank.
> :
> Right. This spam was sent to every newsgroup on the planet, but of
> course only showed up in unmoderated groups like this one (as far as I
> know); each posting with a unique subject line. It's the price of
> having an open forum.
>
> Readers should be aware that the posting could just as easily have
> done something really bad, and ERA's advice is right on: be careful
> what you use to read news and email, and for that matter what Web
> pages you visit, and what features you have enabled in your desktop
> tools.
>
> For a detailed if not entirely unopinionated treatment of this topic
> ("Safe network computing: Windows desktop"), see:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/safe.html
>
> - Frank
These messages are part of an ongoing flood attack on the
news:news.admin.net-abuse.email newsgroup (a focal point for the
war on spam.) Not only is NANAE being directly flooded by
posts with gibberish headers and contents, but such messages are
being sent into other newsgroups as well with Followup-To: set to NANAE,
so that all those "What the hell is this???" responses from other groups
contribute to the attack. The ominous content is a new thing,
however...
Rich
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