- THE SECURITY PATCHES IN THESE NEWSGROUPS ARE TOTALLY BOGUS SO DON'TANYONE DOWNLOAD THEM......TO WHOMEVER IS SENDING VIRUSES TO THE NEWSGROUPS......
- Posted by Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] on September 27th, 2003
I KNOW THIS IS LIKE SPITTING IN THE WIND ...BUT IT'S FRIDAY AND I FEEL
LIKE POSTING THIS. THIS IS MY NEWSGROUP AND I'M TIRED OF HOW YOUR SPAM
IS SCREWING UP MY COMMUNITY.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BETTER TO DO THAT TO DENIAL OF SERVICE SPAM
BLACKLISTERS, SEND VIRUSES INTO NEWSGROUPS, CAUSE ME TO GET TONS OF SWEN
EMAILS TO MY INBOX..... GO GET A REAL LIFE. GO GET A JOB. You
obviously are talented graphics artist and programmer. I'm sure you
could get a job somewhere.
IF YOU GET YOUR KICKS OUT OF TAKING THE INTERNET AND TURNING INTO A CESS
POOL OF MUCK THEN GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.
To Mr. ISP I need your help. You need to filter out the virus laden emails.
To Mr. Microsoft newsserver. Stop allowing attachments in the public
newsgroups. The mailservers cannot handle it and you can't keep up with
the attachments.
If this was a real community, we'd be hiring more police and guards to
help us out with the riffraff around here.
Okay.. Rant over for the day
- Posted by Don on September 27th, 2003
Well said Susan
The same tike is trying to send me 144Kb attatchments in hotmail.
I have damn near worn out my delete key.
Don
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
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- Posted by Gary Karasik on September 27th, 2003
Not all, but these are mostly the product of 12-year old boys. They're too
young to get jobs.
GaryK
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
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- Posted by Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] on September 27th, 2003
Fine. I'll buy them an Xbox then.
Gary Karasik wrote:
--
"Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being,
not a state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does
not win. Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your
patches. Demand better security from vendors and hold them
responsible. Use what you have, and make sure you know how
to use it properly and effectively."
~Rain Forest Puppy
http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt
- Posted by Chad A Gross on September 27th, 2003
Well hey, if you're buying XBoxes, just go ahead and add my name to the list
.. . . after all, what's one more? ;^)
--
Chad A Gross - SBS Rocks!
Lerman's Law of Technology: Any technical problem can be overcome
given enough time and money. Corollary: You are never given enough
time or money.
Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote:
- Posted by Kevin Weilbacher on September 27th, 2003
is that why the througput on these newsgorups has gone to h*ll in a
handbasket?
makes me want to revert back to using a telephone to ask questions!
-kw
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
wrote in message news:3F74E455.5040702@pacbell.net...
- Posted by Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] on September 27th, 2003
Yup, the mailservers are groaning under the strain....
Kevin Weilbacher wrote:
--
"Don't lose sight of security. Security is a state of being,
not a state of budget. He with the most firewalls still does
not win. Put down that honeypot and keep up to date on your
patches. Demand better security from vendors and hold them
responsible. Use what you have, and make sure you know how
to use it properly and effectively."
~Rain Forest Puppy
http://www.wiretrip.net/rfp/txt/evolution.txt
- Posted by Steve Foster [SBS MVP] on September 27th, 2003
Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote:
None of the virus writers and spammers will ever see this message,
because they're not actually using the groups, just cr*pping in them...
--
Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
---------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
- Posted by Steve Foster [SBS MVP] on September 27th, 2003
Steve Foster [SBS MVP] wrote:
PS You can tell that MS has done something to cut down the virus/patch
junk, because the spam has begun to reappear!
--
Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
---------------------------------------
MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
- Posted by Matthew Drane | 331037 on September 27th, 2003
Yeah it sucks, i have had over 150 of the Microsoft looking Virus
attachments. I knew the 1st one was bogus as our creative friend may have
been good but the 'triangle' in O in Microsoft was not taken out, nice
try...
Something needs to be done as our clients are getting them now and at 1st
glances they look and feel real.
Matthew
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- Posted by Kevin Weilbacher on September 27th, 2003
if your clients are running a decent spam filter, they should not be seeing
these fake Microsoft emails ... I have received over 1,000 of them in mym
mailbox, but everyone has been caught and put into a spam quarantine box.
-kw
"Matthew Drane | 331037" <mdrane@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:eBpRvsPhDHA.2056@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
- Posted by Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz SBS Rocks [MVP] on September 27th, 2003
I know but venting made me feel better :-)
Steve Foster [SBS MVP] wrote:
- Posted by Gavin on September 27th, 2003
What filtering software do you use Kev?
"Kevin Weilbacher" <kweilbac@gte.net> wrote in message
news:uxNV6uPhDHA.2748@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
- Posted by Gary Dikkema on September 27th, 2003
Hehe Susan! <VBG>
So... now, who has a solution for this that is AFFORDABLE?
<VBG>
Gary D
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net> wrote
in message news:e7NEauQhDHA.3104@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
- Posted by Kevin Weilbacher on September 27th, 2003
I'm using IHSSE (IHateSpam Server Edition) from Sunbelt
http://www.sunbelt-software.com/
If you have a home or test server, ask their sales staff about a 5 user NFR
copy for $75
They also have a client (workstation) version as well. THeir software was
originally designed by GiantCompany - who only sells the client version
under the name SpamInspector.
-kw
"Gavin" <gavin@interprom.com> wrote in message
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- Posted by Rick Lewis on September 27th, 2003
No way round it, you've gotta have a white list of
accepted email addresses or domains. If your not on the
list you don't get in. There are ways of vetting people to
include on your white list. Think about it.
Rick Lewis [MCP]
- Posted by Dave Benet on September 27th, 2003
Susan,
According to Symantec, SWEN also attempts to propogate through Newsgroups.
Perhaps this is isn't a deliberate attempt to clog the NG, just a pour soul
who got stung by SWEN.
From Symantec's bulletin on SWEN:
"Transmission through newsgroups
The worm will enumerate the registry looking for newsgroup server addresses,
then attempt to contact that newsgroup server. If a newsgroup server is not
configured on the system, the worm will randomly select one from a
predefined list. The worm will download the available groups and post
messages to randomly selected groups. The messages posted to the newsgroups
are generated according to the same routine used for sending email."
Dave Benet
Melbourne, Australia
"Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@pacbell.net>
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- Posted by Bill Sanderson on September 28th, 2003
Please read F-Secure's description of Swen for further information. They
claim (and I believe them!) that Swen harvests email addresses from
newsservers, in addition to the mechanism Symantec describes there.
"Dave Benet" <nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:usL0Y7UhDHA.4628@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
- Posted by Duncan McC on September 29th, 2003
In article <OTiOszIhDHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl>,
sbradcpa@pacbell.net says...
<snip>
heh - frustrated Susan!
I heard that MS implemented a 100Kb max size limit for all
their NG's. Can't verify that though.
--
Duncan
