This thread has gone on long enough, if anyway wants to continue it please take it offlist.
- Alfred > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > StealthMode > Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 7:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [hlcoders] ^_^ mew-mew (-: > > @omega.... > > For one the lists are being spammed with the spoofed email > randomly (eg: not > all at the same time) which if it were just a normal common > worm, all the > lists would get hit at exactly the same time. Which > demonstrates that this > is a user going to the cafe at random times, and sending > emails periodically > (or remote hacking the network @ the cafe). > While the virus has the same name, does not mean it is not a > variant. Far as > what else is getting hit. > > If anything else were getting hit (eg: other companies, > private email addys, > etc.) I am sure the TOS of the isp in Poland is the same as > the rest of the > world. > > Which means he'd be termed by the isp until the network was > cleaned and he > could show that it was through no fault of his own that the > worm was being > distributed through his network. > > However, with just one victim (Valve) who lacks the > motivation to follow up > on network security breaches, it's a good bet that the > spoofed emails are > targeted only at Valve. > > Let me break it down in laymens terms. > > If the network had the worm you refer to, it would be > spamming the worm to > everyone that ever sent an email to that guy. Which I am sure > includes his > isp, which he would have been shut down by now for. > > Now, with that in mind, add the fact that the file attachment > is the worm, > not the email. > > The worm does not spoof its own email addy, never did. > > Someone is targeting Valve solely with this, you can bet > every penny you > ever made on that. > > With that, lets move on this topic is getting stale and I am > already in > contact with Valve privately regarding the matter. > > -=]H[=-StealthMode > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list > archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
