Title: Re: [HolyGeek] Spoofing
op 29-05-2004 14:402236 schreef Lobster op [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi everyone,
LOL
I found this message [below] in my spam folder
- it of course is not spam . . .
appearances are deceptive
Gill has given me permission
to pass this on.
She runs the 'Allspirit' forum at yahoogroups.
It explains what I feel is most probably happening.
I agree with Rehana
'Enough already'
Lobster
>Ed,
>
>I sent a similar message to ts yesterday, but don't think it
>made it through his spam filter...
>
>Every now and again, when my lists are quiet, I go through
>a half dozen or so lists to see if anything interesting is
>happening. I have just finished reading the latest saga
>on holygeek.
>
>
>With all of the latest worms, when a computer is infected,
>the worm sends out a message, using random addresses
>in both the 'to' and 'from' field that they find on the infected
>computer. It does not have to be a name in the address book,
>just any email address on any email on the computer. It can
>even scan your browser cache and grab an address from there.
>All yahoogroups emails have the unsubscribe address on them,
>which is why this is becoming much more common.
>
>Virtually every day I receive at least one 'please confirm
>your request to unsubscribe from rumitohafiz' and sometimes
>for other lists, even ones that no longer exist. How does that
>happen when I haven't sent such a request? I realise that yet
>another person who has a message from
>rumitohafiz or other list, containing the unsubscribe address,
>and messages from me, has been hit. The worm has randomly chosen
>the unsubscribe address as the 'to' field, and my address
>as the 'from' field. If you could get hold of these messages,
>it would be very easy to see that the from address is spoofed.
>Spoofed by the worm, not by a person. It is how they work.
>
>Many, many people are experiencing this, and it is *not*
>stalkers. I would not even waste my time checking headers,
>people just need to educate themselves on how these things
>work. Someone who has messages from panhala in their mail
>box, and messages from joyce, has been infected. Obviously
>I cannot prove this is the case with Joyce, but I would bet
>all my money on it being so.
>
>Also, any list owner can check their list logs and see how
>many subscribe requests they receive that are never
>confirmed. Most of them are the same thing. Allspirit
>receives dozens of them every week!
>
>All of this is most unfortunate, but it is just a sad fact of
>the way the internet is now. It has been discussed on the
>EMailList Managers list at:
>http://www.escribe.com/internet/em
>
>You are welcome to share this if you wish, if it may set
>an agitated mind at rest.
>
>gill
I can confirm that I have also received ' request to unsubscribe' letters from yahoo.. very perplexing at first.. as are letters one receives from oneself..
the adventure of an infant internet continues..
love, Sam
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