Mass-mailing virus overload!

Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson

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2003/09/19 10:21:102003/09/19

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Is it just me, or it anyone else getting lots and lots of the
"Microsoft Security Update" and fake undeliverable mail viruses?

I've got about 50 of them today, instead of the usual one or two per
week, along, of course, with the usual 40 or so viagra et al crap.

Who broke the Internet again?

Ken

Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing

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2003/09/19 10:43:132003/09/19

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> Who broke the Internet again?
>
> Ken

Beats the shit out of me but I've gotten about the same numbers that you
have.

Brian

Bryan Parker

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2003/09/19 11:56:502003/09/19

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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson <knic...@pobox.com> said:

The Yahoo spam dump account that I use for
newsgroups was totally full. Thanks for the heads
up. In the time that it took me to delete the fake
MS stuff, and read 3 legitimate mails, 2 more new
ones had made their way into my bulk mail file.
Somebody's being a real naughtyhead!

I'd blame it on Brett but I know for a fact that
he spent this exciting Friday night out taking
sha-mail pics of cow statues.

Michael Cash

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2003/09/19 14:32:512003/09/19

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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:21:10 +0900, Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson
<knic...@pobox.com> belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

You're not the only one.

Someone is also apparently using my address as the return address on
this shit. I'm currently downloading 271 e-mails that have arrived in
the last 8 hours. 'Bout time to change my address.....

Kevin Wayne Williams

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2003/09/19 15:07:402003/09/19

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Michael Cash wrote:

> Someone is also apparently using my address as the return address on
> this shit. I'm currently downloading 271 e-mails that have arrived in
> the last 8 hours. 'Bout time to change my address.....

It's another forging harvester. It doesn't just cycle through the
addresses to create "To:" addresses, it cycles through to create "From:"
addresses as well. It's a real joy when a bonehead ISP bounces a virus,
and not only sends you a useless notification, but sends you ANOTHER
COPY OF THE DAMN VIRUS!!!!

KWW

Ernest Schaal

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2003/09/19 17:08:202003/09/19

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in article urimmvo9usbonbfol...@4ax.com, Michael Cash at
mike...@sunfield.ne.jp wrote on 9/20/03 3:32 AM:

Who is this jerk and how can we shorten his/her life? I have gotten about
forty or fifty an hour.

Rindler Sigurd

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2003/09/19 17:54:012003/09/19

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> Someone is also apparently using my address as the return address on
> > this shit. I'm currently downloading 271 e-mails that have arrived in
> > the last 8 hours. 'Bout time to change my address.....
>
> Who is this jerk and how can we shorten his/her life? I have gotten about
> forty or fifty an hour.
>

It should be possible to pinpoint the originator. This is worse than any
virus, for which I have software to handle it. This thing is impossible to
avoid... unless one filters anything that uses the word 'Microsoft'.
Is only Japan targeted, or is this a world-wide trend?
I started to get 2 or 3 emails like these a week ago... until this avalanche
occurred.

Sigi

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Ernest Schaal

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2003/09/19 17:57:272003/09/19

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in article 3f6b7...@news.uncensored-news.com, Rindler Sigurd at
srin...@da2.so-net.ne.jp wrote on 9/20/03 6:54 AM:

>
>> Someone is also apparently using my address as the return address on
>>> this shit. I'm currently downloading 271 e-mails that have arrived in
>>> the last 8 hours. 'Bout time to change my address.....
>>
>> Who is this jerk and how can we shorten his/her life? I have gotten about
>> forty or fifty an hour.
>>
>
>
> It should be possible to pinpoint the originator. This is worse than any
> virus, for which I have software to handle it. This thing is impossible to
> avoid... unless one filters anything that uses the word 'Microsoft'.
> Is only Japan targeted, or is this a world-wide trend?
> I started to get 2 or 3 emails like these a week ago... until this avalanche
> occurred.
>
>
> Sigi

Apparently it is world-wide.

Steve Sundberg

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2003/09/19 19:42:202003/09/19

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Lucky you. Stateside, I've received over 500 of the damn things in the
last 24 hours. Oy ve.

Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing

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2003/09/19 19:49:432003/09/19

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Are there remedies?

Brian

Mark Hegge

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2003/09/19 19:23:122003/09/19

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i got over a hundred blocked virus notification emails in my inbox this
morning. Sugest every get a mail account that will do virus scanning before
it hits your inbox.

ma...@vudeja.com
http://www.vudeja.com

"Ernest Schaal" <esc...@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
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Mark

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2003/09/19 21:05:392003/09/19

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yeah, run live update on NAV or similar product and have a mail service that
will scan on their servers before you get it in your inbox. Norton's should
remedy.
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.s...@mm.html
----
mark
vud...@ml1.net

"Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing" <la...@my.nuts.wouldja?> wrote in message
news:bkg4dv$348$1...@nn-tk105.ocn.ad.jp...
Are there remedies?

Brian

Travers Naran

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2003/09/19 21:25:092003/09/19

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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
> Is it just me, or it anyone else getting lots and lots of the
> "Microsoft Security Update" and fake undeliverable mail viruses?
>
> I've got about 50 of them today, instead of the usual one or two per
> week, along, of course, with the usual 40 or so viagra et al crap.

I am at 300+ copies. Luckily, I've trained Mozilla to spot them and
dump them in the Spam bucket, but it's really annoying. This morning,
Norton AV crashed trying to quarantine all the damn things (I changed it
to auto-delete now).

> Who broke the Internet again?

I'd like to find the lovely person who created this Virus and let them
enjoy a good humored practical joke like this one:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?B658324F5

Long form:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030913/od_afp/turkey_offbeat_030913034938

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Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing

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2003/09/19 21:49:102003/09/19

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I don't think I've been infected because NAV seems to be doing it's
job.....it sniffed out everything that tried to come in. Having to OE to
throw it all away was a pain though....I'd like to meet the fat loner who
came up with this one.

Brian

Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing

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2003/09/19 21:54:032003/09/19

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I meant "set up" OE.

Brian

The 2-Belo

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2003/09/19 22:17:312003/09/19

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Michael Cash and fj.life.in-japan is a baaaaaaaaaaad combination:

This is weird. during the Sobig.F debacle, I got kajillions upon fucktillions of
those goddamned mails. Your details. That movie. Wicked screensaver. Hundreds
per day for a week, to the point where I had to temporarily suspend my mail
account.

This time, I have gotten nary a one. Absolutely zero. Of course, that will
probably change the very second I post this article, but as of today I haven't
been hit by this current worm at all.

--
The 2-Belo
the2belo[AT]msd[DOT]biglobe[DOT]ne[DOT]jp
news:alt.alien.vampire.flonk.flonk.flonk (mhm21x20)
news:alt.fan.karl-malden.nose (Meow.)
http://www.godhatesjanks.org/ (God Hates Janks!)

Processing failed. Hit any user to continue.

-_- Kirsch

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2003/09/19 23:34:462003/09/19

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According to Symantec;

Transmission through newsgroups
The worm will enumerate the registry looking for newsgroup server
addresses, then attempt to contact that newsgroup server. If no
newsgroup server is configured on the system, the worm will randomly
select one from a predefined list. The worm will download the
available groups and post messages to randomly selected groups. The
messages posted to the newsgroups are generated according to the same
routine utilized for email sending.

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.s...@mm.html

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2003/09/20 9:49:012003/09/20

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"Haluk" <yokoo...@spam.net>, haber iletisinde şunları
yazdı:bkhkls$1vp3k$1...@ID-201738.news.uni-berlin.de...

> "Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson" <knic...@pobox.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
> yazdi:u14mmvgf6bcns22qm...@4ax.com...
> > Is it just me, or it anyone else getting lots and lots of the
> > "Microsoft Security Update" and fake undeliverable mail viruses?
> >
> > I've got about 50 of them today, instead of the usual one or two per
> > week, along, of course, with the usual 40 or so viagra et al crap.
> >
> > Who broke the Internet again?
> >
>
> I do. Constantly and at a rate of approx. 50 per hour.

>...

that didn't come out the way I wanted it to. I meant I do receive about 50
of them every hour. I didn't do it...

anatanoaho931

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2003/09/20 16:04:062003/09/20

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"Haluk" <yokoo...@spam.net> wrote in message news:<bkhlrp$1r80i$1...@ID-201738.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> "Haluk" <yokoo...@spam.net>, haber iletisinde žunlar‡
> yazd‡:bkhkls$1vp3k$1...@ID-201738.news.uni-berlin.de...

Yeah, right.....but I don't really care since I've only gotten about 5 of them.
No Windows, No Gates.........No Viruses

ann

Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing

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2003/09/20 18:54:392003/09/20

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Well,NAV is stiopping the worm from biting and OE is weeding them out well
enough now.

Brian

mtfe...@mapson.netscape.net

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2003/09/21 0:45:362003/09/21

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Michael Cash <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:17:31 +0900, The 2-Belo
> <the2...@removethiswave-net.or.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on
> going with:

>>This time, I have gotten nary a one. Absolutely zero. Of course, that will

>>probably change the very second I post this article, but as of today I haven't
>>been hit by this current worm at all.

> In addition to the 400 or so I got yesterday, I came home to find 371
> more of them today. Thank Dog I'm no longer paying per-minute
> connection charges.

Is this your way of saying you don't believe in Cat?

Mike

Michael Cash

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2003/09/21 4:48:362003/09/21

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On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 04:45:36 +0000 (UTC), mtfe...@MAPSON.netscape.net

belched the alphabet and kept on going with:

>Michael Cash <mike...@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 11:17:31 +0900, The 2-Belo
>> <the2...@removethiswave-net.or.jp> belched the alphabet and kept on
>> going with:
>
>>>This time, I have gotten nary a one. Absolutely zero. Of course, that will
>>>probably change the very second I post this article, but as of today I haven't
>>>been hit by this current worm at all.
>
>> In addition to the 400 or so I got yesterday, I came home to find 371
>> more of them today. Thank Dog I'm no longer paying per-minute
>> connection charges.
>
>Is this your way of saying you don't believe in Cat?

I am a firm believer in the existence of Cat, despite the fact that
Cat doesn't manifest itself in my presence as much as it once did.

Dave Fossett

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2003/09/21 4:23:182003/09/21

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"anatanoaho931" <anatan...@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

> Yeah, right.....but I don't really care since I've only gotten about 5 of
them.
> No Windows, No Gates.........No Viruses

So if you don't use Windows, you don't receive so many? Hmm... interesting
theory.

--
Dave Fossett
Saitama, Japan

Marc

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2003/09/21 12:25:532003/09/21

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yes, it is going around now. I think this is a virus that actually hijacks
mail accounts and sends out more of itself

"Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson" <knic...@pobox.com> wrote in message
news:u14mmvgf6bcns22qm...@4ax.com...

> Is it just me, or it anyone else getting lots and lots of the
> "Microsoft Security Update" and fake undeliverable mail viruses?
>
> I've got about 50 of them today, instead of the usual one or two per
> week, along, of course, with the usual 40 or so viagra et al crap.
>
> Who broke the Internet again?
>

> Ken

cc

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2003/09/21 12:27:022003/09/21

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"anatanoaho931" <anatan...@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message

> Yeah, right.....but I don't really care since I've only gotten about 5 of
them.
> No Windows, No Gates.........No Viruses

I've received 0 of those mails, in spite of windows and outlook. The thing
is none of you knows my e-mail adresses (unless I've met some of you in real
life).
So it seems that comes from here. That wouldn't be the first time.

CC

Brett Robson

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2003/09/21 23:48:102003/09/21

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On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:56:50 +0900, Bryan Parker ...
>
>
>I'd blame it on Brett but I know for a fact that
>he spent this exciting Friday night out taking
>sha-mail pics of cow statues.
>
>

imagine staggering around drunk looking for a subway and running into this life
sized bovine

http://atomu.gol.ad.jp/cow1.jpg

.

----
"I went to Japan once, and was very dissapointed in what I saw."
quote from Japan Today forums.

Louise Bremner

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2003/09/22 1:12:232003/09/22

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Brett Robson <jet...@deja.com> wrote:

> >I'd blame it on Brett but I know for a fact that
> >he spent this exciting Friday night out taking
> >sha-mail pics of cow statues.
> >
> >
>
>
> imagine staggering around drunk looking for a subway and running into this
> life sized bovine
>
> http://atomu.gol.ad.jp/cow1.jpg

There's a herd of them: <http://www.cowmarunouchi.jp/index.html>

Auckland had something similar while I was there (except with names that
tended to be more punny). Dunno if that's a coincidence.

________________________________________________________________________
Louise Bremner (log at gol dot com)
If you want a reply by e-mail, don't write to my Yahoo address!

Declan Murphy

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2003/09/22 13:38:172003/09/22

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Louise Bremner wrote:
> Brett Robson <jet...@deja.com> wrote:
>
>>>I'd blame it on Brett but I know for a fact that
>>>he spent this exciting Friday night out taking
>>>sha-mail pics of cow statues.
>>
>>imagine staggering around drunk looking for a subway and running into this
>>life sized bovine
>>
>>http://atomu.gol.ad.jp/cow1.jpg
>
> There's a herd of them: <http://www.cowmarunouchi.jp/index.html>

With no disrespect intended to the artists, none of those cows look like
they would present a challenge to any self-respecting cow tipper.

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mixed results - bad and worse - the defense department has decided to go
the other way and give stupidity a chance." - Alan Abelson

Rindler Sigurd

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2003/09/24 3:57:132003/09/24

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"Dick Muhfukkin Bagswing" <la...@my.nuts.wouldja?> wrote in message

news:bkilin$l4a$1...@nn-tk103.ocn.ad.jp...

> Well,NAV is stiopping the worm from biting and OE is weeding them out well
> enough now.
>

My virus checker (Pc-Cillin) dues the same trick... but how do you get OE
stopping these messages? I am already writing various expressions to delete
them on the server, but they are still creeping through...

Sigi

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