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Article #73Re: Important Newsgroup Virus Information Ignore - Hoax to collect web page hits
From: Les Desser
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:57
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 14:57
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In article <i27hlvg0i59niuiueuhj2fav6i92cupej1@4ax.com>, Phil Thompson <cynical_observer@hotmail.com> writes >On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 13:51:54 +0100, Les Desser <leslie@[127.0.0.1]> >wrote: > >>Please could you explain what is going on here. > >someone posted a virus alert that was no such thing it just led to a >page where they were benefitting from increased hits. > Thanks. I thought it was more sinister than that. -- Les Desser
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arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon![127.0.0.1]!leslieReferences:
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fad9d,9345ad0d1596747 X-Google-Attributes: gidfad9d,public X-Google-Thread: 105bf2,9345ad0d1596747 X-Google-Attributes: gid105bf2,public X-Google-Thread: 10b5a2,9345ad0d1596747 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5a2,public X-Google-Thread: 1065b6,9345ad0d1596747 X-Google-Attributes: gid1065b6,public X-Google-Thread: 1160fd,9345ad0d1596747 X-Google-Attributes: gid1160fd,public X-Google-Thread: 102a94,9345ad0d1596747 X-Google-Attributes: gid102a94,public X-Google-Thread: 101804,9345ad0d1596747 X-Google-Attributes: gid101804,public X-Google-Thread: 100788,9345ad0d1596747 X-Google-Attributes: gid100788,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-05 08:08:04 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!priapus.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!hermes.visi.com!feed2.news.rcn.net!rcn!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon![127.0.0.1]!leslie From: Les Desser <leslie@[127.0.0.1]> Newsgroups: demon.security,demon.security.keys,demon.service,demon.service.homepages,demon.service.isdn,demon.tech.amiga,demon.tech.mac,demon.tech.modems,demon.tech.pc,demon.tech.unix Subject: Re: Important Newsgroup Virus Information Ignore - Hoax to collect web page hits Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:57:17 +0100 Organization: Desser Group Lines: 13 Message-ID: <JxM8GJSNRKW$EAG2@dessergroup.com> References: <Ew15b.116719$yg.33707593@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> <t0a9lv0q2m5tb1n7upl17cli5h6th6nr3v@4ax.com> <ZEFobjPqbIW$EAnO@dessergroup.com> <i27hlvg0i59niuiueuhj2fav6i92cupej1@4ax.com> Reply-To: Les Desser <LesNews1@dessergroup.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dessergroup.demon.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed X-Trace: news.demon.co.uk 1062774468 5528 62.49.25.181 (5 Sep 2003 15:07:48 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 15:07:48 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Turnpike/6.02-M (<o8fUIt+C9BWjvA0D0BZZTwuIJL>)