Gregory Weston wrote:
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> ,
>  RGesty  wrote:
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>> On Dec 26, 5:37=FF=FFpm, Amy Guskin  wrote=
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>>>>> On Wed, 26 Dec 2007 01:50:09 -0500, RGesty wrote
>>> You're not alone. =FF=FFMany, many, many innocent people's addres=
ses have been
>>> caught up in this latest forge-and-sporge. =FF=FFI noticed it ove=
r on
>>> alt.true-crime.
>>>
>>> Amy
>>> --
>> I've seen that too.  The moderated Dr. who group had a whole bunch=
 of
>> spam topics.  The one that first caught my eye had the totle of
>> "Christmas card alert"  same as a topic here.  Changed
my password=
,
>> ran virus scan, etc.  Hope it's enough.
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> It's not "enough" because what you're seeing has nothing to do with=
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> security of your system. It has to do with a process scraping=20
> information from Usenet groups and other public sources and then us=
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> that information to create misleading headers on garbage messages. =
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> can't say categorically that your machine hasn't been compromised, =
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> course, but I *can* say that seeing Usenet posts with your name and=
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> address on them isn't a meaningful indication that it has been.

Even slightly negative, in fact. Someone engaged in spamming via
enslaved computers wouldn't want to draw attention to it.
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