Re: Stupid Microsoft Patch Virus

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From: Ant
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 00:20

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"brian w edginton" <edgo1@REMOVETHISbigpond.com> wrote in message
news:jj9smvo3f5aubp4harfcgctmseb74erv79@4ax.com...

> They don't need to know your address....their bots shotgun the 'net
> with computer generated addresses. Millions per day. they only need a
> few hits on existing addresses to make it worth their while. They,
> already, have lists of genuine domains.

Not in this case. Swen appears to get it's addresses from recent
Usenet post headers.

> Best defence is a user name so
> silly, even a computer wouldn't dream it up. :)

I can use any name I want with my sub-domain. What little spam I
get is only to a name I once used for a few NG posts last year.
I get no viruses by email at all.

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From: "Ant" <not@home.today>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus,aus.radio.scanner
Subject: Re: Stupid Microsoft Patch Virus
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 01:20:23 +0100
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