[extropy-chat] spam virus?

Spike spike66 at comcast.net
Sun Oct 24 01:14:57 UTC 2004


Ive been getting a pair of ads every 5 hrs, one trying
to get me to buy medications, the other for discount 
software.  Each one has a different sender and a different 
address to buy the stuff.  But its exactly the same 
advertisement each time, except for the spam-evading 
nonsense words at the end.  It was coming about once a day, 
now its every 5 hrs.  Is this a virus or something?  I cant
imagine someone is actually getting away with sending
this stuff.  Ive been setting spam filters and it isn't
catching any of them.  This is the text:


Best prices on software!
Windows XP + office XP = $80!
click here

tractive intensive dazzler groundwork lists
autoincrement vomiting victim persuader
modularizes couples Gauguin Piedmont
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kludge penalty hem beaming technicality
Vaticanizes prescribe honeybee
desiring wildest exertions
obviousness earthenware displeasing loot sweated 

How do I kill this?  Or failing that, is there a
way to click on the link and send them a ton of
fake orders?  Or do I keep ignoring them, even
tho they seem to be getting more frequent?

I can imagine something like this happening in
the minutes before the singularity: someone figures
out how to get spam to send copies of itself faster
and faster until they are more coming than can be
downloaded, even with the best avialable link.

Im willing to put some effort into fighting back
against this, such as develop an answer-bot script.

spike




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