Re: Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists
On Saturday, February 24, 2007, 21:24:11, Ian A. White wrote: I know it certainly is possible for spammers to use dictionary methods to get your e-mail address, however when you do not use dictionary words in your username, it points to someone harvesting them. Tell that to spammers trying to send stuff to random completely made up words on my mail server. -- Jernej Simončič http://deepthought.ena.si/ [The Bat! v3.96.14 on Windows 2003 5.2.3790.Service Pack 1] If at first you don't succeed, transform your data set. -- Law of Computability Applied to Social Science (Brook's Law) Current beta is 3.96.15 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists
On Sunday, February 25, 2007, 21:18:33, Ian A. White wrote: That is a little different in that there spammers are targeting a known domain. The spam (and I have received even more now) is not coming to my domain (where I restrict the usernames I will accept anyway), but to a slave address at my ISP account. What you are describing is attacks on domains that are configured to catch all. No, I'm describing what I see in the greylist filter logs. -- Jernej Simončič http://deepthought.ena.si/ [The Bat! v3.96.15 on Windows 2003 5.2.3790.Service Pack 1] If everything seems to be coming your way, you're probably in the wrong lane. -- Borstelmann's Rule Current beta is 3.96.15 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists
Hi, I use an e-mail address on these lists that is not used anywhere else, but I have received my first spam to this address. Well, that doesn't mean anything. I have an email address that I never use (I got it all along with my ISP connection) and from time to time I got a spam mail to that one. No one has that mail address in a address book either. So I guess someone's just trying addresses. -- So long folks Raymund Current beta is 3.96.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists
Raymund Tump wrote: I use an e-mail address on these lists that is not used anywhere else, but I have received my first spam to this address. RT Well, that doesn't mean anything. I have an email address that I never RT use (I got it all along with my ISP connection) and from time to time RT I got a spam mail to that one. I've been using unique addresses for these lists for a long time now, and they do periodically get compromised. I'm up to address #4. This most recent time I started to get a steady stream of Nigerian scam type emails to my list address. RT No one has that mail address in a address book either. So I guess RT someone's just trying addresses. I have a lot of addresses at this domain and it's very rare for any of them to get a spam. There's no way a dictionary attack is hitting my list address and no others. -- George Using The Bat! 3.95.2 on Windows XP Pro, Service Pack 2. Current beta is 3.96.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists
Hello George On Saturday, February 24, 2007 you wrote: Raymund Tump wrote: I have a lot of addresses at this domain and it's very rare for any of them to get a spam. There's no way a dictionary attack is hitting my list address and no others. Spammers are clever. Dictionary attacks etc. Ever open one up even accidentally? You probably just verified your email address as real via web beacons. (Not in The Bat of course but one feature I loved in Thunderbird was the ability to choose whether or not you wanted to view graphics either once or always from that source) I have an email address that has NEVER been used except when my ISP contacts me with it. It went out in the (in)famous AOL sellout of the user database to spammers (I was with Time-Warner was the parent company of AOL). That one was caught - how many aren't? I am starting to get spam through a Google account that has been in use for some time. There are some neat harvesters out there. I used to use one to grab all the graphics from a site. It would also grab all the email addresses among other things. I have a friend that forwards jokes with all the recipients intact. Whatever system is out there, there is someone who has nothing better to do than break it. -- Rick The Bat Version 3.96.15 Current beta is 3.96.14 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists
Hello Ian, Friday, February 23, 2007, 9:17:44 PM, you wrote: IAW I use an e-mail address on these lists that is not used anywhere else, IAW but I have received my first spam to this address. I thought I could say the same with such an address on a another, local, list. Actually, you can't be sure. Let's suppose someone has entered your email address in his/her Adressbook (can be in another application too), that PC gets infected and your mail address gets harvested in that way... -- Best Wishes, Mark using The Bat! Version 3.96.10 MyMacros 1.11a zOmbie's Macros Version 0.7 Windows 2000 Professional/5.0 build 2195 Service Pack 4 (0 days 3:34:14) on Uno AMD Duron Current beta is 3.96.12 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists
Ian A. White wrote on 24/02/2007 at 07:17:44 +1100 subject Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists : I use an e-mail address on these lists that is not used anywhere else, but I have received my first spam to this address. There could be one of the list members infected with an virus. This virus could search on his/her PC for addresses and send them home to the virus author. Install some Anti-Junk-Plugin and create some appropriate rule. Regula will work fine: http://www.gaijin.at/tbpregula.php -- Sincerely Hendrik Oesterlin - email [EMAIL PROTECTED] TheBat! 3.95.8 and Regula Anti-Spam Plugin 2.2.6.0 on Windows 2000 ___ Telefonate ohne weitere Kosten vom PC zum PC: http://messenger.yahoo.de Current beta is 3.96.12 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
Re: Someone is harvesting e-mail addresses from these lists
Hello Simon, On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 21:12:38 + GMT (24/02/2007, 04:12 +0700 GMT), Simon wrote: S I too suspect that one of the list members had a Virus and became S compromised, though I also think in the past some mails from my S have slipped through to GMane when I have forgotten to add the S no-archive header, not sure if this will have had any effect. No, it's not Gmane. I created this email account exclusively for TBUDL and TBBETA, because I was afraid that email addresses could be harvested by Gmane (someone remember the discussion at the time?). After a few years of using this account, I receive 1-2 spam mails per day. I consider this close to zero. You should see the email account I use on the usenet! I filter on any message to Trash. -- Cheers, Thomas. Did you delete and icon labelled 'The Internet' from your computer? You did? Well, it will take years to restore the entire Internet; in the meantime, the F.B.I. would like to have a word with you. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.95.6 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current beta is 3.96.12 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
