Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 14:53:05 -0500 From: Bob Ababurko <ababurko@adelphia.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ebay Phishing Message-ID: <423DD4A1.1020509@adelphia.net> In-Reply-To: <20050320134224.30F9.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net> References: <20050320172230.4141B16A4F2@hub.freebsd.org> <20050320134224.30F9.GERARD-SEIBERT@suscom.net>
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Gerard Seibert wrote: > On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 10:22:23 -0600 Chris <racerx@makeworld.com> wrote: >||> >||>Robert Slade wrote: >||>> Hi all, >||>> >||>> Is it just me, but I've had 2 Ebay Phishing e-mails to this e-mail >||>> address that I only use for this mail list. Both mails where from >||>> Comcast users !! >||>> >||>> Rob >||> >||>Sounds like someone from Comcast is on this list AND using a Windows box >||>AND is infected. >||> >||>Shame on you >||> >||>-- >||>Best regards, >||>Chris >||> >||>If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong. > > >********** Reply Separator ********** >Sunday, March 20, 2005 1:35:28 PM > >1) Did you actually confirm that the email originated from Comcast >2) Did you report the email to Comcast as well as spoof@ebay.com >3) Why does it have to be a Windows box? Anyone can access this forum >and harvest email addresses. > >-- >Gerard Seibert >gerard-seibert@suscom.net > >They say that a dog is man's best friend. I do not believe that. How >many of your friends have you had neutered? > > It is most likely it is a windows box that has been copromised due to one of the slew of M$ vulnerabilities. Some crafty programmer has turned this box into a zombie and installed a mailing package or a proxy server and is sending mail from it in concert with thousands of others just like it...al behind one keyboard. -Bob
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