Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:53:11 -0500 From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: You've received a greeting from a family member! Message-ID: <7D6B4521150DEB7100410996@utd59514.utdallas.edu> In-Reply-To: <200708171425.l7HEPkal025907@smtpclu-5.eunet.yu> References: <200708170311.l7H3Bel0014445@frijoles3.beanserver.net> <105fa37b0708170652p3f6be22bj74c5887c6c27d801@mail.gmail.com> <200708171406.l7HE6lYT032027@eunet.yu> <105fa37b0708170709i5b9b9b32lacfb6783b0fb6e1e@mail.gmail.com> <200708171425.l7HEPkal025907@smtpclu-5.eunet.yu>
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--==========EAE46C372AD0EC484507========== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline --On Friday, August 17, 2007 16:15:14 +0200 Nikola Lecic <nlecic@EUnet.yu>=20 wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:09:15 -0400 > "Hakan K" <dominor@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Nikola, >> >> Do not you think that email should be filtered..? >> Or at least some one should warn the others for the exe link.. > Not too many FreeBSD users are going to be worried about clicking on .exe=20 files. In fact, I routinely fetch these files and submit them to=20 Virustotal.com. I doubt you can get them to run on FreeBSD. :-) > This is public and open list and it's impossible to filter everything. > > I asked you why you replied directly to the spammer. That's extremely > bad practice, please stop doing it. > In general that's true, but these are spams. They're emails sent by the=20 Storm worm botnet to entice people to install a trojan horse on their shiny = new Winblows boxes. Replying to them does nothing of any consequence=20 except perhaps irritate the recipient, who had nothing to do with the email = being sent in the first place. --=20 Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) Senior Information Security Analyst The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ --==========EAE46C372AD0EC484507==========--
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