Wait. I think you may be confused about something. We're not dealing with a virus here: rather, we're dealing with a special string of characters which, if you type them without any spaces, causes a buffer overrun thus crashing Alex. A more infamous version of this sort of thing used to happen back about ten years ago with Eloquence when you mistyped the word seasure. When somebody found this out, they very deliberately sent messages loaded with this toxic character string to an e-mail list I happened to be on. For those of us using JAWS (yes I used windows back then) and who were using the Nuance voices available at the time, were not effected by this string.
Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! > On Feb 15, 2016, at 7:41 PM, Jessica Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm surprised with that being the case, that he could've possibly messed up > my system, considering the fact that I didn't click any strange links, and > didn't start getting his messages until today, sense it started messing up > last night and I couldn't figure out how to fix it until I did a google > search. > On Feb 14, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I doubt he has a large number of IP addresses at his disposal. To begin >> with, they would have to answer to a validated NX so far as sending mail is >> concerned. THis will limit his options a bit. Most ISP's these days won't >> even allow you to operate a mail server. Also, rather a lot of them also >> block the usual ports that are often used in spam. It is far easier to >> hijack someone else's account than it is to bypass firewall redirects. This >> doesn't mean that its impossible, but it does mean it is far easier to get >> someone to click on a link in email. >> >> now, as for security, I can save something questionable to a file, port it >> over to my linux vmware machine and view it there. if a problem develops, >> its a simple erase of the vmware files and reinstate the machine from a good >> clean backup. >> >> I might just start doing that with my email and browsing activities. >> >> eric >> >> On Feb 14, 2016, at 4:08 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote: >> >>> Be careful though, as this guy may have a dynamic IP, and this day with >>> VPN's and such. And don't say, don't give him any ideas. Odds are, this >>> individual probably already knows about this stuff. >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Oyen" <[email protected]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2016 5:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: Help with message are extremely offensive >>> >>> >>> hmmm. >>> well, far be it from me to offer advice. However, I had to dig pretty deep >>> into how filters work on apple mail in order to get this to work right. >>> Basically, I found his originating IP address, eliminated the last octet >>> (last digits after last period), placed a star in there and checked the >>> function move to mailbox and specified trash. >>> >>> so far, it seems to work. >>> >>> btw, there was another kind of message starting to show up around a few >>> (not many) of the google groups. whatever it is, its either malformed or >>> contains scripting designed to cause problems on macs. It caused my >>> voiceover screen reader to lock up, caused both the mail client to crash >>> and any web browsers I used to also crash. Even viewing the raw source >>> caused issues. I posted a no subject response to it and removed the >>> offending material. Hopefully, someone realizes their account has been >>> pawned.(pardon the leet speak there). >>> >>> anyway, some domains (and IP spaces) are known for this kind of trouble. It >>> may seem like hard work initially, but the reward is that you never have to >>> see the problem after that. :) >>> >>> thanks, >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> On Feb 14, 2016, at 3:11 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: >>> >>>> Good point Chris. Still, what made me think it might be all of the Google >>>> groups is the tremendous frequency with which these offensive posts are >>>> being put up. Then again, considering the fact that I am on to other >>>> Google groups and this is not happening with them, you have a good point. >>>> >>>> >>>> After all, if memory serves correctly, we had an antagonist a few weeks >>>> ago who seem to be on the edge of doing this very sort of thing when we >>>> all demanded specificity from him as to a specific claims that he made >>>> regarding Firefox and accessibility: a thread which I'm sure you were and >>>> I remember all too well. >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> The Constantly barefooted Ray, >>>> >>>> Still a very happy Mac, Verizon Wireless iPhone 6+ and Apple TV user! >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >>> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >>> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >>> >>> The archives for this list can be searched at: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara >> Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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