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Elspode · 09-20-2003, 01:03 PM

Anyone else getting hammered with emails generated by that new variant of the Microsoft Critical Update worm, W32.Swen.A@mm?

I'm getting hundreds of mails per day for the last three days. They're all being caught by either my ISPs, Outlook or Norton, but I still end up with a System notification, a "bounced mail" notification, and, in some cases, despite having set up filters against them, a full version of the mail with the attachment still on-board.

I want scum-sucking virus-writing hacker fucks to die a painful death, preferably by being electrocuted by the power supply on their cobbled-together, half-ass, stolen computer systems.

Whew...glad I go that out of my system.

09-20-2003, 01:06 PM

Thanks for reminding me! I need to run Windows Update on this thing.

Elspode · 09-20-2003, 01:08 PM

I've done all that, but it doesn't keep you from getting all the damned emails generated from the 1.5 million and counting infected machines of people who haven't....sigh.

elSicomoro · 09-20-2003, 01:10 PM

Yeah, I've been getting a ton of e-mails regarding "MS Critical Updates" myself...probably 20 or so in the last 2 days.

09-20-2003, 01:14 PM

That's funny. I don't get any spam. 'Cause I don't give out my email address.

And even if I did, junk mail protection in Thunderbird and Apple's Mail.app works well enough that you can call one of them Spam and the rest will be automatically deleted. http://mozilla.org for those interested in Thunderbird.

elSicomoro · 09-20-2003, 01:18 PM

Moz has been catching most of them...it actually catches...*thinks*...maybe 80-90% of all my spam.

Elspode · 09-20-2003, 01:27 PM

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Originally posted by dave
That's funny. I don't get any spam. 'Cause I don't give out my email address.

And even if I did, junk mail protection in Thunderbird and Apple's Mail.app works well enough that you can call one of them Spam and the rest will be automatically deleted. http://mozilla.org for those interested in Thunderbird.

I knew it wouldn't take long for someone to mention Apple in all of this... :p

Unfortunately, these things come with about 1000 slightly different "From" and "Subject" lines, so it makes filtering difficult.

09-20-2003, 04:23 PM

No, it's smart filtering. It might be difficult for the engineers that write the software, but not you. You click "Junk" and it learns *very* quickly. I "trained" mine for about two months before letting it loose. Haven't gotten a single spam since.

Elspode · 09-20-2003, 05:44 PM

I had a similar program running before I revamped my whole system. I had only been training it for a few weeks, and I hadn't been terribly impressed. Guess I wasn't patient enough.

Elspode · 09-22-2003, 08:15 AM

Looks like a lot of people who had been off for the weekend got back to work and fired up infected computers or something...this morning, 80% of my email is this "MS Update" shit.

MaggieL · 09-22-2003, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Elspode

I want scum-sucking virus-writing hacker fucks to die a painful death, .

Let's hear it for the hackers who were paid to write an OS with these kind of holes in it, too.

Elspode · 09-23-2003, 12:02 AM

I've now installed PopFile, and, while a bit unwieldy (web-based UI, for one thing), it is doing a pretty darn good job catching the shit now...well, that and Norton. I have had nearly 100 MS Update worm-generated emails today.

09-20-2003, 01:03 PM	#1
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Latest Version of Fucking Worm Anyone else getting hammered with emails generated by that new variant of the Microsoft Critical Update worm, W32.Swen.A@mm? I'm getting hundreds of mails per day for the last three days. They're all being caught by either my ISPs, Outlook or Norton, but I still end up with a System notification, a "bounced mail" notification, and, in some cases, despite having set up filters against them, a full version of the mail with the attachment still on-board. I want scum-sucking virus-writing hacker fucks to die a painful death, preferably by being electrocuted by the power supply on their cobbled-together, half-ass, stolen computer systems. Whew...glad I go that out of my system. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-20-2003, 01:08 PM	#3
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've done all that, but it doesn't keep you from getting all the damned emails generated from the 1.5 million and counting infected machines of people who haven't....sigh. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-20-2003, 05:44 PM	#9
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I had a similar program running before I revamped my whole system. I had only been training it for a few weeks, and I hadn't been terribly impressed. Guess I wasn't patient enough. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-22-2003, 08:15 AM	#10
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Looks like a lot of people who had been off for the weekend got back to work and fired up infected computers or something...this morning, 80% of my email is this "MS Update" shit. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-23-2003, 12:02 AM	#12
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I've now installed PopFile, and, while a bit unwieldy (web-based UI, for one thing), it is doing a pretty darn good job catching the shit now...well, that and Norton. I have had nearly 100 MS Update worm-generated emails today. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-20-2003, 01:06 PM	#2
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Thanks for reminding me! I need to run Windows Update on this thing.

09-20-2003, 01:10 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Yeah, I've been getting a ton of e-mails regarding "MS Critical Updates" myself...probably 20 or so in the last 2 days.

09-20-2003, 01:14 PM	#5
dave Guest Posts: n/a	That's funny. I don't get any spam. 'Cause I don't give out my email address. And even if I did, junk mail protection in Thunderbird and Apple's Mail.app works well enough that you can call one of them Spam and the rest will be automatically deleted. http://mozilla.org for those interested in Thunderbird.

09-20-2003, 01:18 PM	#6
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Moz has been catching most of them...it actually catches...thinks...maybe 80-90% of all my spam.

09-20-2003, 04:23 PM	#8
dave Guest Posts: n/a	No, it's smart filtering. It might be difficult for the engineers that write the software, but not you. You click "Junk" and it learns very quickly. I "trained" mine for about two months before letting it loose. Haven't gotten a single spam since.

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