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Title: Under spam attack
Post by: Nickbat on 07 April 2008, 19:44:07

I've just received over 250 spam mails (all variations on the "undelivered mail" subject) in the past 2 minutes. As fast as I delete them, more turn up. WTF is going on?

 >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(

Nick

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Nickbat on 07 April 2008, 19:45:54

...and another 60

 >:( >:( >:( >:(

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Entwood on 07 April 2008, 19:49:06

I'd disconnect from the internet and run a full antivirus/antitrojan/antispyware sweep if it was my system .. :(

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Kevin Wood on 07 April 2008, 19:51:30

Sounds like someone is sending spam spoofed from your address (not necessarily from your machine) and all the bounces are coming back to you.

Kevin

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Debs. on 07 April 2008, 19:51:45

Time to run SpyBot S & D

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Nickbat on 07 April 2008, 20:01:10

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Time to run SpyBot S & D

Downloading SpyBot now. Thanks!  :y

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Richie London on 07 April 2008, 20:12:26

i run spybot, spyware blaster and also adaware pro, works ok for me. best to be safe

richie

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Nickbat on 07 April 2008, 20:22:50

Ran Spybot and it removed 59 entries. I also use AdAware which seems pretty good.

It appears the spam has stopped now, but it was a strange situation. Fortunately my junk filter worked 100%, so none of it got in my in-box.

Still tiresome though. I think all spammers are low-life scum.  >:( >:(

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Martin_1962 on 07 April 2008, 20:55:56

Russian mafia have a good anti spam policy

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11256

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: dbug on 07 April 2008, 23:58:36

 :o :o   (http://www.dbug.co.uk/pics/bewarespam.gif)   :y :y

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Nickbat on 08 April 2008, 00:39:33

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Russian mafia have a good anti spam policy

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11256

A bit OTT, perchance?

 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: file28 on 08 April 2008, 08:37:01

that'll teach him to have a proper diet 5 a day not this processed meat stuff

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Gaffers on 08 April 2008, 08:41:16

I LOVE fried SPAM!!!  Especially with white rice and soy sauce.... try it  :y :y

My wife tells me that Hawaii is the worlds biggest consumer of SPAM...  :-?

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: Martin_1962 on 08 April 2008, 09:34:50

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Russian mafia have a good anti spam policy

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11256

A bit OTT, perchance?

 ;D ;D ;D

Not at all, perfectly justified, just as much as the people attacking US spammers with axes

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: ians on 08 April 2008, 13:42:23

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I'd disconnect from the internet and run a full antivirus/antitrojan/antispyware sweep if it was my system .. :(

For the IT ignoramous (me),  I  run AVG antivirus at home but what do Adaware and Spybot do?  Do you need both or are they doing the same job?

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: rickyboy on 08 April 2008, 17:34:03

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I'd disconnect from the internet and run a full antivirus/antitrojan/antispyware sweep if it was my system .. :(

For the IT ignoramous (me),  I  run AVG antivirus at home but what do Adaware and Spybot do?  Do you need both or are they doing the same job?

Depends what dodgy sites you venture on to!  ;)  You should be fine with just your antivirus program as long as it is updating properly.  An antivirus program is only affective when it is updated regularly.  As a precaution you could run adaware once a month to delete tracker files, etc.

Title: Re: Under spam attack
Post by: justme on 09 April 2008, 00:07:23

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I'd disconnect from the internet and run a full antivirus/antitrojan/antispyware sweep if it was my system .. :(

For the IT ignoramous (me),  I  run AVG antivirus at home but what do Adaware and Spybot do?  Do you need both or are they doing the same job?

They overlap what 1 misses the other gets. AVG updates every day also use a firewall. Regscrub and regclean also helps tells you where the bugs are so you can drill down and destroy them.
None of which will stop anyone with know how, just stops the nusance element of the 10 year olds.