Wacth This!
The funniest thing since sliced bread. :rolleyes: Check it out….
New Variant Of Sobig Virus
Getting a lot of bounces in my email. Seems to be a workstation at Erie Boces 1 that has an infected pc that is very active right now 15 bounces with my email address (must be in the address book of that workstation)
Anyone getting bounces from virus scanners look for this in the headers
Received: from [168.169.29.159]
or this in the headers
Received: from [168.169.29.159] (helo=HS_BERNARD)
if either appears forward to [email]mdziuba@erie1.wnyric.org[/email]
UPDATE YOU ANTIVIRUS!!!
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W32/Sobig.F-mm
Warning: dangerous new variant of “Sobig” family spreading
On 18th August 2003, MessageLabs the email security company intercepted several copies of a mass-mailing virus which were identified as W32/Sobig.F-mm. The initial copies all originated from the United States.
Name: W32/Sobig.F-mm
Number of copies intercepted so far: 1,124 (increasing rapidly)
Time & Date first Captured: 18 Aug 2003 21:04 GMT
Origin of first intercepted copy: United States
Most active country: United States (95%), Denmark (3%), Norway (1%)
Characteristics
Initial analysis would suggest that Sobig.F is a mass-emailing virus that is spreading very vigorously. Sobig.F appears to be polymorphic in nature and the email from: address is also spoofed and may not indicate the true identity of the sender. In earlier versions of the Sobig family, the file extension has sometimes been truncated. MessageLabs have not yet observed this with the Sobig.F strain.
The email may also comprise the following characteristics:
Subject: Re: Details
Text:
Please see the attached file for details.
Attachment names may include: your_document.pif, details.pif, your_details.pif, thank_you.pif, movie0045.pif, document_Fall.pif, application.pif, document_9446.pif
In an attempt to bypass local antivirus security, the file size varies on each generation reminiscent of Yaha by appending rubbish to the end of the file, but is on average around 74kb in size. The initial copies are packed using TELock, but there may be other variants in the wild packed using different packers.
Now detected by Symantec: »securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter..[?]
In Praise Of
Why I LOVE AOL
(And Not Just To Drive Ken CRAZY!!!)
Part One
Actually, Ken asked me to present a “dissenting” opinion, as someone whose opinion on such things he could tolerate.
Well, since the beginning of my internet tenure, many years ago, I've been an AOL subscriber, and have generally been quite pleased with all the different aspects of their service. And as I've grown more experienced, I really see no need to change servers. Do I like the fact that AOL is the most expensive ISP? No. But frankly, the ease and convenience of their services mitigates the cost. A good part of the full access monthly fee goes for dial-up; if you have your own, or connect through a different cable access company (like Adelphia), you can get AOL content and email service at a reduced price. I do a LOT of travelling in the US, and have only come across one state (MAINE), where I couldn't take my computer – not because AOL didn't have local access numbers, but because where we stayed didn't have local phone service, or even phones in the rooms.
Why did I start with AOL? Because back then, they might not have been the largest, but there were by far the easiest, and also one of the few available for the (pause for gasps and shudders of disbelief) MAC format. Yes, I was an evil MAC-er , too. Oh, the shame. Well, there were good reasons. Which don't really matter, now.
The point is, now, as then, AOL was and still is the easiest ISP to “configure,” both for WIN and the MAC. Sure, there is a great sense of accomplishment when you perfectly set up all the parameters of a browser and email client and dial-up from the spotty info that a cheap ISP may supply you with, but I'd much rather let AOL install and configure everything for me, and, if I'm a newbie, literally walk me through the set-up procedure. Sure, you can mess it up if you really try, and overthink the options, but if you go slowly and answer the questions simply, it does all the hard stuff for you, whether you're adding an exisiting account to a new computer or starting a whole new shebang.
Spam Solution?
Thoughts of this keep going round and round, getting mixed in with the RIAA lawsuits……anyway, an email address is a unique identifier CREATED by the user of said email address. Personally Created and Unique. Anyone following me yet. Ken, you with me here?
A PHOTOGRAPH is personally created and somewhat unique. An ESSAY is usually personally created and unique. Sketches, paintings, a web site design, all artwork for instance, all music, all creative work, all automatically copyrighted. “Fair Use” does apply to some of this work when applied to Educational and Informative use if creator credit is noted. Even Satirical use of copyrighted material is copyrighted.
Why not push lawmakers to include email addresses as an individual creative property and copyright it. This way, there is no need to track down and chase individual spammers, one can take action to the sleazy individuals that collect and sell email addresses without permission or compensation. If we all get 2 cents for every email list sold on CD or download that our email address appears on, we would all be buying new computers and T1 connections.
I could go on with this but I think everyone gets the direction I am going in.
Aol Cover Art Contest
There's a contest running in the AOLers Anonymous Forum!
(All details are oposted there, and anyone can enter)
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The Mailinator
Heres something very worth bringing to the table.
This article is very funny and helps a lot if you get all the way to the end. Its goes against making up a stupid new account somewhere else just to sign up for something. (having a seperate email for spam)
With this thing you can make up a name, get what you want and the account deletes itself in a few hours. Pretty handy and saves you a lot of aggrevation.
Check it out.
Spam Tools
I will be adding links to tools you can use to help trace and fight spam at any level. Track them down, report them, etc..
Pop-up Fix For Win Me/xp
Many people have complained about a recent brand of Pop-Up, a grey box that sometimes actually tells you it's getting in through MSMSG (MS Messenger), then directs you to an anonymous site to sell you ad-blocker software.
You're all smart enough not to go there, but there is an easy way to stop these devils.
Win ME and XP have intentionally left MSMSG turned on and launched as a default value, from the moment you boot up your system (it's a perverse networking feature for businesses).
Follw me through a few steps:
RIGHT CLICK on MY COMPUTER
Scroll down and select MANAGE
Navigate to “Services and Applications”
Expand “Services and Applications” and SELECT “Services”
In the Right Window Pane scroll down and SELECT MESSENGER
Change START-UP TYPE to DISABLED
Under this, in SERVICE STATUS, click STOP.
You'll probably need to Reboot, just to make sure the changes are accepted.
I used to get a bantha load of these grey pop-ups, even though I'm using AOL, and almost never use MSIE or Netscape. I didn't connect it with the activation of a Passport.Net account for my webcam. Now, I never get any pop-ups unless they're presaged on links I go to.
Give it a try, and let me know if it helps.
Vote! What’s The Worst Problem?
Feel free to post comments, especially if you have a beef about something not on the list, or would choose more than one.