[thelist] Junk on the list?

Anthony Baratta anthony at baratta.com
Wed Jun 2 20:16:06 CDT 2004


At 05:54 PM 6/2/2004, Seyon wrote:

>Question: Is there any way the evolt member directory could have been 
>compromised or are people spidering the archives? I honestly didn't check 
>whether I had posted with my new alias before it received the contaminated 
>emails.

These viri are not coming via the list, they are coming via infected PCs of 
evolt subscribers. Not much can be done except reading the email headers 
and trying to triangulate the source via connecting IPs.

>Relatedly, is that Warwick University thing legit? The grammar and 
>sentence construction is atrocious for a university-level writer.

If you have any basis to question it, it's junk - or a trojan. What are you 
seeing?

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Anthony Baratta
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