internetspec
join:2007-04-19
Calgary, AB | reply to moonpuppy
Re: If people are still getting spam..
So what you are saying is that Google & Comcast are selling your e-mail address? Sorry, I'm not buying it. I think it's more likely that your machine is compromised. |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
 ·Verizon Online DSL
| said by internetspec  :So what you are saying is that Google & Comcast are selling your e-mail address? Sorry, I'm not buying it. I think it's more likely that your machine is compromised. Wrong again. Where did I say that Google and Comcast sold my email info? 
Spammers will use dictionary type attacks when looking for emails.
aaaaa@aol.com
aaaab@aol.com
and so on.
Machine is not compromised and all AV software is up to date. |
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| said by moonpuppy :Spammers will use dictionary type attacks when looking for emails. aaaaa@aol.com aaaab@aol.com and so on. Actually that's the "brute-force" technique, not dictionary. Dictionary attacks are used most often to guess passwords. The most sophisticated spam engines use a combination of dictionary and brute-force methods, with dictionaries containing more family and given names, and using permutations based on people's names. For example, the traditional first-initial, last-name username, and the more recent first-name dot last-name e-mail prefix are common targets.
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rmdir
join:2003-03-13
Chicago, IL | Or they try names likely to be in use such as mail@, webmaster@, sales@ etc. I've disabled my catch all account for now, but I've seen countless spam using all the above when it's turned on. |
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Time4aNAP
Premium
join:2007-04-09
Des Plaines, IL
| I see surprisingly little spam in my administrative (abuse, hostmaster, postmaster etc.) accounts. It is amusing to see the nonexistent addresses that they do try to reach, though. Reading the bounce logs can be downright entertaining at times.  |
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moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by Time4aNAP :I see surprisingly little spam in my administrative (abuse, hostmaster, postmaster etc.) accounts. It is amusing to see the nonexistent addresses that they do try to reach, though. Reading the bounce logs can be downright entertaining at times. Same thing happens here. |
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