Yay, More Email Spam!
Anyone else getting flooded with 418-420k messages with forged from addresses and headers, titles like "test" and "hello", no text and just a "readme.zip" attachment consisting of a readme.htm (many spaces) .scr file? Is this the new virus that's going around or something?
Tell me again why we don't draw and quarter spammers again?
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» Gates on Linux Security from UFies.org
On the day that a the nice big Windows Outlook Worm is filling up email inboxes (mine included, since yesterday... Read More
That's the new virus... we just got a message about it today here at work. Subjects include:
test
hi
hello
Mail Delivery System
Mail Transaction Failed
Server Report Status Error
None here yet, but it's just a matter of time.
It's the new virus W32/Mydoom@MM that's flooding mailboxes since yesterday and apparently is going to DDoS SCO.
Oh goody.... for me they started yesterday morning. If you are feeling left out I can install Windows, and then Outlook Express and I'm sure I can get some to you quick enough :)
Related funny reading at
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5148058.html
Christophe - that's the funniest thing I've read all day. "A high-volume system like (Windows) that has been thoroughly tested will be by far the most secure"..... bwahahahhahaha.
To make Gates dream in perspertive, there is an interesting article at InfoWorld about a new security hole in IE.
"New Explorer hole could be devastating"
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/01/28/HNiehole_1.html
I don't see how these holes would be unfixable, but hey I am just a programmer.
PS: I tried initially to post this comment on ufies but when I click preview I never get the next page.