Re: Garbage, Spam or Virus?????

[Steve]

On Thu, 29 May 2003, Sam Ewalt wrote:

> I don't know how it happens either. But I was curious once and
> clicked and got a message saying "thanks for your interest" and
> almost immediately I started getting spam by the bushel. It is almost
> all in HTML only, is sent via Outlook Express and has a list of
> recipients with the same ISP as mine. Before I clicked, I hardly ever
> got spammed.
> 
> I have no proof, but it's quite a coincidence.

  Oh, yeah, one other device.  Well it's really just another 
implementation of one I've already covered.  They'll 
sometimes send an e-mail that appears to have no graphics, 
but has a little <img src ="http://xxx.com/1.gif?xXyus";>
  The gif is simply a 1x1 pixel that's transparent.  

  Third party ad trackers use this on their clients' web 
pages too... usually along a more recognizable format of 
<img src="http://xxx.com/1x1.gif?clientsite.com";>

  Hitbox (or is it bizrate) advertises that they do this in 
e-mail they send out.

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