I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems my
email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them out.
I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong. Has
anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
few days?
Kennor wrote:
> I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems my
> email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them out.
> I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong. Has
> anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
> few days?
>
The last few days I have literally 100's every time I pull mail...maybe
close to a 1000 EACH DAY......
Norton Anti Virus says I am clean... mail programs deletes everything
on the server when I pull it...and I NEVER open attachments unless it
comes from my Mother... and she passed away years ago....
Seems there is nothing I can do to stop this thing... (automat.ahb)
from what I can fingure out... who knows BUT it is starting to get to
me BIG TIME....
Bob Griffiths
I've noticed that there's less spam in my emailbox now that this worm
is trying to attack everybody. That's good, now I wish the worm would
go away.
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 21:50:06 GMT, "Kennor" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems my
>email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them out.
>I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong. Has
>anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
>few days?
>
Kennor wrote:>I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm.
It seems my
>email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them out.
>I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong. Has
>anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
>few days?
I deleted around 5 emails that had attachments from God knows who, subject
line "virus". This was just this morning. Play safe! Tom
Someday, it'll all be over....
In article <[email protected]>, Nova <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>"Dennis [email protected]" wrote:
>
>> You're kidding, right? In case you're not:
>>
>>
>http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS
>
>Do you think somebody should tell Stanley that it's spelled "peen"?
Only if you're bean a peen in the arse about it.
This is a copy (you can't get a virus from this) of what I have on my
WebTV mail list which has filled it up:
Email Service Abort Report 9/23
MS Inet Mail System Bug Message 9/22
Microsoft Internet Email Storage Service (no subject) 9/22
Admin Error Advice 9/23
"" <[email protected]> New Internet Security Pack 9/23 =
Microsoft Network Message Service Undeliverable Message 9/22
Security Section Newest Internet Critical Upgrade 9/22
Mail Delivery System Report 9/23
postmaster undeliverable mail returned to sender 9/22
MS Message Storage Service Message 9/22
ms inet email storage system Advice 9/22
Administrator Mail 9/22
Network Message System Undeliverable Mail User unknown 9/22
administrator Bug Advice 9/22
inet email system Undeliverable Message: User unknown 9/22
Security Assistance Latest Network Patch 9/22
MS Inet Mail System Returned Message: Returned To Mailer 9/22
Storage System Notice 9/21
Security Services Latest Network Critical Update 9/21
inet mail system failure notice 9/22
microsoft mail delivery system bug advice 9/21
Network Security Section Latest Net Pack 9/21
Admin (no subject) 9/22
Inet Mail Delivery Service Undeliverable Message 9/22
Net Mail Storage Service mail 9/22
Inet Message Delivery System Undelivered Mail: User unknown 9/22
I talked with their Customer Service and was told that they were aware
of it but could do nothing about it. The spammer has been caught. It was
caused in my case by my opening an e-mail from a friend that has a
computer whose address book was invaded by a virus. I have gone to my
secondary user address and so far (fingers crossed) that's OK.
Peace ~ Sir Edgar
=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=
=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8=F8
Reminds me of a woman I saw a couple of years ago at a local hardware
store where her husband had sent her to get a metric hammer. She looked
on her own for quite a while and then asked a clerk for help. She only
became hyper agitated and ran out of the store when it dawned on her
that he was trying to get rid of her.
Phil
Dennis [email protected] wrote:
> You're kidding, right? In case you're not:
>
> http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS
>
> "Tom Kohlman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>...what's a ball pein hammer???
>>
>>"Dennis [email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>"dteckie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>>I'm getting exactly the same messages in my Yahoo account. Sounds like
>>>>definetely someone monitoring this newsgroup is the source.
>>>
>>>It's bigger than that. Lots of people that wouldn't know
>>>a Usenet newsgroup from a ball pein hammer are getting
>>>the email.
>>
>
>
"Dennis [email protected]" wrote:
> You're kidding, right? In case you're not:
>
> http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS
Do you think somebody should tell Stanley that it's spelled "peen"?
--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
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Nova wrote:
> "Dennis [email protected]" wrote:
>
> > You're kidding, right? In case you're not:
> >
> > http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS
>
> Do you think somebody should tell Stanley that it's spelled "peen"?
> --
> Jack Novak
> Buffalo, NY - USA
Merriam-Webster says pein is a variant of peen.
see: http://www.m-w.com/home.htm
I've always seen it as pein.
ARM
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<p>Nova wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>"Dennis [email protected]" wrote:
<p>> You're kidding, right? In case you're not:
<br>>
<br>> <a href="http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS">http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS</a>
<p>Do you think somebody should tell Stanley that it's spelled "peen"?
<br>--
<br>Jack Novak
<br>Buffalo, NY - USA</blockquote>
Merriam-Webster says pein is a variant of peen.
<br>see: <a href="http://www.m-w.com/home.htm">http://www.m-w.com/home.htm</a>
<br>I've always seen it as pein.
<br>ARM
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...what's a ball pein hammer???
"Dennis [email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "dteckie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I'm getting exactly the same messages in my Yahoo account. Sounds like
> > definetely someone monitoring this newsgroup is the source.
>
> It's bigger than that. Lots of people that wouldn't know
> a Usenet newsgroup from a ball pein hammer are getting
> the email.
>
> Dennis Vogel
>
>
"dteckie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm getting exactly the same messages in my Yahoo account. Sounds like
> definetely someone monitoring this newsgroup is the source.
It's bigger than that. Lots of people that wouldn't know
a Usenet newsgroup from a ball pein hammer are getting
the email.
Dennis Vogel
You're kidding, right? In case you're not:
http://www.stanleytools.com/default.asp?TYPE=CATEGORY&CATEGORY=BALL+PEIN+HAMMERS
"Tom Kohlman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> ...what's a ball pein hammer???
>
> "Dennis [email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "dteckie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > news:[email protected]...
> > > I'm getting exactly the same messages in my Yahoo account. Sounds like
> > > definetely someone monitoring this newsgroup is the source.
> >
> > It's bigger than that. Lots of people that wouldn't know
> > a Usenet newsgroup from a ball pein hammer are getting
> > the email.
I'm getting exactly the same messages in my Yahoo account. Sounds like
definetely someone monitoring this newsgroup is the source. I
contacted Yahoo and they wre useless so I don't use Yahoo anymore. If
anyone has info on where and who let us know on the wrec.
[email protected] (Sir Edgar) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> This is a copy (you can't get a virus from this) of what I have on my
> WebTV mail list which has filled it up:
>
> Email Service Abort Report 9/23
> MS Inet Mail System Bug Message 9/22
> Microsoft Internet Email Storage Service (no subject) 9/22
> Admin Error Advice 9/23
> "" <[email protected]> New Internet Security Pack 9/23
>
> Microsoft Network Message Service Undeliverable Message 9/22
> Security Section Newest Internet Critical Upgrade 9/22
> Mail Delivery System Report 9/23
> postmaster undeliverable mail returned to sender 9/22
> MS Message Storage Service Message 9/22
> ms inet email storage system Advice 9/22
> Administrator Mail 9/22
> Network Message System Undeliverable Mail User unknown 9/22
> administrator Bug Advice 9/22
> inet email system Undeliverable Message: User unknown 9/22
> Security Assistance Latest Network Patch 9/22
> MS Inet Mail System Returned Message: Returned To Mailer 9/22
> Storage System Notice 9/21
> Security Services Latest Network Critical Update 9/21
> inet mail system failure notice 9/22
> microsoft mail delivery system bug advice 9/21
> Network Security Section Latest Net Pack 9/21
> Admin (no subject) 9/22
> Inet Mail Delivery Service Undeliverable Message 9/22
> Net Mail Storage Service mail 9/22
> Inet Message Delivery System Undelivered Mail: User unknown 9/22
>
> I talked with their Customer Service and was told that they were aware
> of it but could do nothing about it. The spammer has been caught. It was
> caused in my case by my opening an e-mail from a friend that has a
> computer whose address book was invaded by a virus. I have gone to my
> secondary user address and so far (fingers crossed) that's OK.
>
> Peace ~ Sir Edgar
Nova wrote:
> Do you think somebody should tell Stanley that it's spelled "peen"?
Pein \Pein\, n.
See Peen.
[1913 Webster]
Peen \Peen\ (p[=e]n), n. [Cf. G. pinne pane of a hammer.]
(a) A round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a
hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by
indentation.
(b) The sharp-edged end of the head of a mason's hammer.
[Spelt also pane, pein, and piend.]
[1913 Webster]
FWIW, I've always thought of "peen" like "thru" as one of the revised,
modernist spellings. "Pein" looks correct to my eyes.
--
Michael McIntyre ---- Silvan <[email protected]>
Linux fanatic, and certified Geek; registered Linux user #243621
Confirmed post number: 17984 Approximate word count: 539520
http://www.geocities.com/Paris/Rue/5407/
Silvan responds:
>FWIW, I've always thought of "peen" like "thru" as one of the revised,
>modernist spellings. "Pein" looks correct to my eyes.
I've gotten so "peen" looks OK, but "thru" never will. Some time in the late
'60s, very early '70s, I had an article in Modern Cycle, IIRC, and they had
spelled "through" in the modern form, "thru", every time. I had never noticed
it before, but have hated it ever since.
That may have been because they ran the article and didn't pay for it, though.
Charlie Self
"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit
soft."
Theodore Roosevelt
In article <[email protected]>, C Wood
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Thank god someone has it worse than me. I'm getting 30-40 copies a day,
> I feel much better now that you are getting 1000.
To really make you feel good, I'm getting 1 a minute on two of my
accounts (about 120 an hour).
djb
--
"Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati"
Yes, I have been getting dozens each day with misleading and deceptive
subject lines that make you think it is from Microsoft or your own
server or whatever. It is filling my nbox so that legit emails cannot
get in . I was thinking the same thing as you, that some bastard is
gathering names off the NG's, or even worse, somebody does not agree
with something you say, and then, Whammo, they set you up with this
shit. I believe there are enough cranky, sissified, nit-picking,
passive-aggressive cocksuckers in that rec.woodworking NG to do
something like that. If some fact or idea don't come from their own
little wooden heads, they just can't handle it and get vewy angwy.
Latest variety is running wild. About 200/day here since Thursday, half
from "Microsoft" with the "latest patch" as an attachment (keep in mind that
MS NEVER EVER communicates patches in this manner, only through automatic
update if you turn it on). The other half are "bounce" messages that I
understand are created at the same time as the first half and have a nasty
"hidden" payload (no little paperclip symbol on these). Advice is to delete
all without opening and empty your deleted items folder, then just ride it
out. It isn't Spam so no sense in reporting as such although I'm guessing
the Spam community has somehow infected itself, hence the E-mails coming
from all over the globe from people you have never heard of.
With luck the authorities will catch a few more of these people of
questionable parentage and then perhaps we'll get a few more push-stick
ideas.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Kennor <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems
my
> >email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them
out.
> >I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong.
Has
> >anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
> >few days?
> >
> >
>
> consider yourself lucky. I'm getting about 5 per *MINUTE*.
"Bob G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
:
: The last few days I have literally 100's every time I pull mail...maybe
: close to a 1000 EACH DAY......
:
: Norton Anti Virus says I am clean... mail programs deletes everything
: on the server when I pull it...and I NEVER open attachments unless it
: comes from my Mother... and she passed away years ago....
:
:
: Seems there is nothing I can do to stop this thing... (automat.ahb)
: from what I can fingure out... who knows BUT it is starting to get to
: me BIG TIME....
:
: Bob Griffiths
Thank god someone has it worse than me. I'm getting 30-40 copies a day,
I feel much better now that you are getting 1000.
C
In news:[email protected],
RM MS <[email protected]> spewed forth and said:
> Yes, I have been getting dozens each day with misleading and deceptive
> subject lines that make you think it is from Microsoft or your own
> server or whatever. It is filling my nbox so that legit emails cannot
> get in . I was thinking the same thing as you, that some bastard is
> gathering names off the NG's, or even worse, somebody does not agree
> with something you say, and then, Whammo, they set you up with this
> shit. I believe there are enough cranky, sissified, nit-picking,
> passive-aggressive cocksuckers in that rec.woodworking NG to do
> something like that. If some fact or idea don't come from their own
> little wooden heads, they just can't handle it and get vewy angwy.
Personally, I think anybody is crazy that doesn't despam their addy and
posts in NGs.
There are lots of bots that can harvest email addys from NGs, not to mention
the "nuts" that can turn to stalkers.<g>
JMO
The only thing I have seen more of recently than bogus emails is people
posting about it.
"Kennor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems
my
> email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them
out.
> I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong.
Has
> anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
> few days?
>
>
My ISP claims it will stop soon as people start putting the MS patch on.
What I don't get is:
1) How so many people could be dumb enough to open obviously bogus
attachments. My virus software didn't catch them at first, but they are so
obvious.
2) Why my ISP can't filter them out, when my spam filter has no problem.
Kennor wrote:
> I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm.
<snip>
> I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong.
Yes, they do. I've experimented with new e-mail addresses when I
post to newsgroups. It takes about 72 hours to start getting spam
on a new address. If you don't want spam, NEVER use your REAL address
(unadorned) in your postings. There are plenty of ways to obfuscate
your e-mail address that break robots but is easy for humans to handle.
See below:
C
--
************************************
Chris Merrill
[email protected]
(remove the ZZZ to contact me)
************************************
"C Wood" <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:
> Thank god someone has it worse than me. I'm getting 30-40 copies
> a day,
> I feel much better now that you are getting 1000.
If it makes you feel better, I was getting over 1000/day at the
weekend too. I have no idea what it is now, because I've just
abandoned that address - it can fill up the server & start
bouncing, it's not worth trying to keep logging in to delete
the damn things (and Earthlink is too brain-dead to actually
try & do anything about it).
John
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
> The last few days I have literally 100's every time I pull mail...maybe
> close to a 1000 EACH DAY......
>
What I'm getting is "message undeliverable" at 100+ a day. Seems
somebody is sending out emails with my email address in the "reply-to"
and/or "from" entries. And yes, I know it's not me :-).
--
Where ARE those Iraqi WMDs?
"Kennor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems
my
> email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them
out.
> I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong.
Has
> anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
> few days?
Yes, lots. Don't open any of them, whatever you do
or the people in your address book will hate you.
Dennis Vogel
No, I think the email with the jumbled words is showing
up more than that. ;-)
Dennis Vogel
"CW" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:9JPbb.411245$cF.127796@rwcrnsc53...
> The only thing I have seen more of recently than bogus emails is people
> posting about it.
> "Kennor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems
> my
> > email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them
> out.
> > I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong.
> Has
> > anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the
last
> > few days?
> >
> >
>
>
"JS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> My ISP claims it will stop soon as people start putting the MS patch on.
> What I don't get is:
> 1) How so many people could be dumb enough to open obviously bogus
> attachments. My virus software didn't catch them at first, but they are
so
> obvious.
> 2) Why my ISP can't filter them out, when my spam filter has no problem.
Yes to #2. I had a big argument with my ISP. They actually
told me that "no one uses filtering on email servers else why
would there be so many viruses all the time."
Dennis Vogel
"Tom" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Kennor wrote:>I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or
worm.
> It seems my
> >email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them
out.
> >I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong.
Has
> >anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
> >few days?
> I deleted around 5 emails that had attachments from God knows who,
subject
> line "virus". This was just this morning. Play safe! Tom
>
>
> Someday, it'll all be over....
I think I read here recently that the person responsible
for releasing the Swen virus had been caught. Anyone
have details?
Dennis Vogel
"JS" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> My ISP claims it will stop soon as people start putting the MS patch on.
> What I don't get is:
> 1) How so many people could be dumb enough to open obviously bogus
> attachments. My virus software didn't catch them at first, but they are so
> obvious.
1.a. How could anyone be dumb enough to write an email client that by
default, executes inline executable commands in the body of the email?
1.b. How could anyone be dumb enough to write an email client that by
default, automatically executes executable attachemnts?
1.c. How could anyone be dumb enough to write an email client that by
default, writes executable commands into the body of the email?
> 2) Why my ISP can't filter them out, when my spam filter has no problem.
Maybe they charge customers for bandwidth?
--
FF
"ChairMan" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> In news:[email protected],
> RM MS <[email protected]> spewed forth and said:
> > Yes, I have been getting dozens each day with misleading and deceptive
> > subject lines that make you think it is from Microsoft or your own
> > server or whatever.
I've been getting those for at least a year now.
>
> Personally, I think anybody is crazy that doesn't despam their addy and
> posts in NGs.
> There are lots of bots that can harvest email addys from NGs, not to mention
> the "nuts" that can turn to stalkers.<g>
Well then maybe I'm crazy or maybe I'm just plain mean. I report all
the spam I receive. Most of the complaints are no doubt ignored since
most spam these days comes from 'bullet proof' hosts that offer special
'pink contracts' to spammers. But here and there one gets whacked.
About once every 2,000 complaints I get a nice email from a sysadmin
telling me they've terminated the spammer.
--
FF
In article <[email protected]>,
Kennor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems my
>email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them out.
>I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong. Has
>anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
>few days?
>
>
consider yourself lucky. I'm getting about 5 per *MINUTE*.
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:30:48 -0700, Larry Blanchard
<[email protected]> wrote:
>What I'm getting is "message undeliverable" at 100+ a day. Seems
>somebody is sending out emails with my email address in the "reply-to"
>and/or "from" entries. And yes, I know it's not me :-).
Luckily, my ISP has an anti-spam filter that will allow me to
completely block entire domains so I went from about 100 a day down to
a trickle. Once this nonsense runs its course, I'll lift the bans,
but not until.
...should add that it isn't unique to this NG. It does have a feature that
tries to breed in that manner but that seems to be the last resort. From
what I read, you will know it if you get it (install messages and the like)
so the mass attack on your in-box has nothing to do with your computer.
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Kennor <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >I've been receiving about 20 emails a day with a virus or worm. It seems
my
> >email address has made it onto some email bot that keeps spitting them
out.
> >I was wondering if they got my email off one of the newsgroups I belong.
Has
> >anyone else on this group been experiencing the same problem for the last
> >few days?
> >
> >
>
> consider yourself lucky. I'm getting about 5 per *MINUTE*.