Re: A new level of spam?

[Richard Burkhart <richard -at- khanfusion -dot- net>]

Malware/viruses used to be the digital equivalent of spraypainting 
graffiti on walls.   That was years ago ... now there is a lot of money 
to be made.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet

Suzette Leeming wrote:
> These are malware, which is spreading at an alarming rate - 8 to 11 million
> per hour. DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING in this emails or you will be infected. The
> best thing to do, as Bonnie did, is to create a rule to send them immedately
> to junk mail.
>
> They have already changed once, and uses a variety of filenames. It used to
> be CNN: Daily Alert Top 10 and is now CNN: My Custom Alerts, or something
> like that.
>
> I fail to understand why someone would create something like this, other
> than a sick, perverted desire to spread chaos and destruction. Are they
> proud of their accomplishments when they see it reported in the news? I
> always think it must be a kid because surely adults are too mature for this
> type of prank. There's no money in it, unless they made a huge bet with
> someone that it could be done.
>
> Whatever; these days one must be ever vigilent (and have good AV software).
>
> Suzette Leeming
> Stouffville, ON
>
>
>
>
> On 8/20/08, Bonnie Granat <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com> wrote:
>   
>> Yes, I am getting those same spam e-mails. Something is allowing it to
>> escape the normal junk filters, so I have been creating my own rules.
>>
>>
>> Bonnie Granat
>> http://www.GranatEdit.com
>>
>>
>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> .com] On Behalf Of Guy K. Haas
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:14 PM
>>> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>>> Subject: A new level of spam?
>>>
>>> Hey gang,
>>>
>>> Lately, my Mozilla Thunderbird mail client has been letting a
>>> lot of cr*p
>>> through its Bayesian filters, not marking it as spam.  Lots
>>> of "Brittany
>>> Spears nude...." and "CNN alerts" and "MSNBC alerts" and
>>> "Acai cleanse"
>>> trash.
>>>       
>>
>>     
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>
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