Andy Gallant > Re Tor spam: It's pure targeted FUD - the subject line > said "things you do are being watched." The body said, > "Everyone who is doing file trading is at risk. The news > is full of articles of lawsuits by the RIAA. Tor protects > your online identity. Get this software now and stay safe. > Download Tor."
The security now podcast had an episode on that a while back. It's very clever how it works. Security now has all of the old episodes hosted on Steve Gibson's website (www.grc.com/securitynow) - the last part is from memory so that may be bogus! > The link that said "Download Tor" was really a link to an > IP address, most probably to load malware on the unwary > user's system. Probably so. -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly I've seen better legs in a bucket of chicken ... ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
