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Virus Warnng - Recent Posts
Apr 29, 2004
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Please send reports to snipped-for-privacy@shaw.ca This spammer is relentless
Not the Karl Orff wrote in news:canwine- snipped-for-privacy@news.va.shawcable.net:
Actually, I don't know that it is, in fact, a spammer. More likely, the addresses are being spoofed by the virus program, and I wouldn't be surprised to find the writer was someone with a problem with shaw.ca...or optonline.net, or cnet.com. In which case, reporting them also achieves the purpose, that is, harrassing shaw.ca. YMMV, tho'
ObWine: What does anyone think about Fat Bastard? I kind of like the chardonnay, but the shiraz was just not very interesting to me...both were
2002.d:D
I used spamcop.net to determine the source. Seems to be Shaw.ca I've sent complains and they've confirmed that the offending account is theirs
Correct. To be precise, it's the P2P.Spybot.dl worm coming from an infected residential shaw.ca cable modem. High bandwidth worm propagation -- just great! :(
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Nope. It's coming from shaw.ca all right.
I agree about their Shiraz: pretty boring Languedoc Syrah, but far from offensive. Haven't had the Chardonnay and don't have much motivation to try it, I'm afraid...
Mark Lipton
The modem is infected or the computer attached to it is?
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