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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: 214thCavalier on July 16, 2004, 04:42:30 PM
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A day that appear to have an Aces High connection judging by some of the spoofed email addys ?
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Cavalear yes, I am. This started with great frequency a few weeks ago.
I'm getting EMails from senders whose EMail addys seem to be personal addys.
Fortunately for road runner they can separate them from normal Mail....but wastes my time looking at them ....have to treat them as files and open them....and I won't do that.
I wonder if somehow our Addys have been exposed to mass marketing?
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I started getting them over the last week.
One was from an ex-squaddie whose address was still in my Address book.
One was from an ex-squaddie that wasn't in my address book.
One was from h#######@beta.hitechcreations.com
One was from ahspecialevent-subscribe@topica.com
All others from people I don't know.
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Originally posted by Hajo
I'm getting EMails from senders whose EMail addys seem to be personal addys.
Spammers and viruses forge the "From:" field of emails.
I get around 20-30 virused emails every day.
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Yes we know they forge them Fariz but the point is somewhere somebody connected with Aces High has been infected and the email addys from their contacts list is being used by the virus.
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It's MetaVoss!
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Very Original Estes :rolleyes:
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Yes, "SUCKERS" is very clever as well. :)
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ya gotta hope one of the scenario co's don't get infected, with all the AH addys they have stored.:(
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Mines clean , plus i dont get or send attachments, my AV program sends them all to hell.
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That's not good, if someone did hack into HTC mabe some of your cc numbers can get in there hands.
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I think you can be pretty sure that HTCs servers didn’t get hacked. Was probably just someone with a bunch of friends on AH who got a virus, and that virus is using his email list to propagate itself.
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Originally posted by jay1988
That's not good, if someone did hack into HTC mabe some of your cc numbers can get in there hands.
ummm NOT
didnt happen or ther woudl be TONS of posts about this.
as it stands, sounds like someone got a virus, and they were "old school" AH
meaning, they had tons of AH contacts in their address book.
i have not recieved anything yet... and i know none of these posters have my email saved.
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Rgr
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No, Jay, I don't think anyone has hacked into HTC so don't worry about that! These types of emails have been going on for some time now and it only needs one person who has other players in their address book for it to spread. I probably receive quite a few everyday, but because my spam problem is so great (over 100 spam messages a day) all my email is filtered through Spamcop, so I rarely receive them. Don't worry, I am sure HTC's security is top-notch! :)
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yes I noticed AH relation to my SPAM in the last few days
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I noticed only my email address for my squad is being hit, my other ones have not.
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Originally posted by Hajo
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Fortunately for road runner they can separate them from normal Mail....but wastes my time looking at them ....have to treat them as files and open them....and I won't do that.
Dood....get this:
http://www.mailwasher.net/
culero (saying)
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Culero thanks!
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There are many clients of HTC who do have viruses on thier systems. I get emails that show to be from me, only to find they come from someone on Comcast, AOL, RR, or some other ISP.
Quite a number of players have viruses/worms and probably do not know it.
It should not have to be said, but I will say it anyways. Running an anti-virus program does not gaurantee you will not get viruses. There is a window of oppertunity between the time a virus is released on the Internet and the time it takes your anti-virus program to get updated where your system can get a virus.
Everytime your anti-virus software gets an update, it is a good exercise to scan your entire system for viruses. That update might catch a virus that is already planted on your computer.
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I had a trojan slip in recently and not get caught because I was using an old edition of Norton's (old virus engine) that apparently won't catch the new stuff even with updates. And I'm very careful about attachments. But, for work I have to open a lot of attachements so one must have slipped by somewhere.
It was a mailer type and I caught on because I found myself getting bounced e-mails that I didn't send. I had odd behavior too (slowdowns, etc.) but I had put those off on some shareware video editors that I tried out recently and uninstalled (since nothing showed up on virus scan or spyware scans).
Live and learn. It "should" be cleaned out now (can't be too sure) and all will be without question when I finally reformat and reinstall next week.
Charon
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Originally posted by Roscoroo
Mines clean , plus i dont get or send attachments, my AV program sends them all to hell.
Hey Boss.
I was just mentioning that because the Ruhr senario (i think) Flossy had mentioned about emails being used that way, was the Bagle k ( i think).I have no fears skippa!
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nope...ive received some wb3 spam for some reason but thats about it...
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I've got approx 3 virus'd e-mails a day and it started around July 7th. Its obviously spoofing e-mail addresses (symantec sent one, lol?)... I checked my machine and its clean.
If we are all getting the same messages then we know its one of the gents from AH with an infected computer.
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Another 8 today if anything its getting worse.
If all these addys mean anything to you get an AV update !
sales@alpinearizonarealty.com
djwelty1@msn.com
gatso@99thastag.com
abuse@gov.us
support@hitechcreations.com
ahspecialevent-subscribe@topica.com
f3.278a5edf.2b674175@aol.com
support@symantec.com
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Someones pc has a bug thats spoofing users ect email addys
i just got the ussuall viagra, refinace you morgage junk, and a couple other spams.
I didnt get anything from ahspecialevent-subscribe@topica.com
today . (yes im a member )
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I honestly feel alot better I'm not the only one getting these e-mails. Hope we get down to the bottom of it ASAP, I need this e-mail address for work and my other hobbies, I'd hate to have to have a separate e-mail for everything I do.
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You only got 8 Cav? Dang, I get about 100 per day during the work week, then on the weekends, it doubles.
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Lol Skuzzy.
It seems I am getting approx 1 per hour, so its pretty regular in its mailing cycle :)
Its annoying because normally i might get 1 every couple of months as i keep a tight grip on my email address.
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I got a mail virus today. It's dealt with but only 4 people have this particular address, if it's not been passed on.
I ain't saying these guys are up to no good. I think they are unaware.
I'll mail them to get them to check.
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Originally posted by BigR
I think you can be pretty sure that HTCs servers didn’t get hacked. Was probably just someone with a bunch of friends on AH who got a virus, and that virus is using his email list to propagate itself.
LOL dont say that. Its like issuing a challenge saying "A mountain cant be climbed"
Sooner or later someone HAS to prove it can be if for no other reason then to prove it.
I couldnt tell ya the difference beetween a peek and a poke but even I know that
ANY system can be hacked
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
There are many clients of HTC who do have viruses on thier systems. I get emails that show to be from me, only to find they come from someone on Comcast, AOL, RR, or some other ISP.
Quite a number of players have viruses/worms and probably do not know it.
Do you drop them a note letting them know they are infected?
I know when I receive such things or suspicious mail from people I know. and even some I do not I either drop them a note or send them an instant message (If I see them online) letting them know of their problem
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Here's an old trick that sometimes helps to notify you that you are infected
Put your own addy in your address book.
If you start getting emails from yourself you know you didnt send then you know you have a problem.
If you have AOL you can even one up this.
Create a screen name starting with the letter "A"
Example: "ALuvly1"
Then delete that SN from your account but put that SN in your address books.
Often these virus's will go alphabetically and since "ALuvly1" is no longer a valid email address you will automatically start getting bounced mail
Sounds screwey I know. But it works
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Do you drop them a note letting them know they are infected?
I know when I receive such things or suspicious mail from people I know. and even some I do not I either drop them a note or send them an instant message (If I see them online) letting them know of their problem
As the email addresses are forged, all you have is an IP address, so you cannot know where it really came from.
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
As the email addresses are forged, all you have is an IP address, so you cannot know where it really came from.
ahhh ok gotcha
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I've gotten quite a few lately... one was "Dux@Hitechcreations.com", scanned it and there was a virus in it, most are going to my bulk mail folder or getting deleted before I even see it.
BTW.. anyone else getting a pop-up window when viewing the BB's saying "save $5.00 on an Aces High II WWII sim subscription." Seems kinda suspicious to me.
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Originally posted by Raptor01
BTW.. anyone else getting a pop-up window when viewing the BB's saying "save $5.00 on an Aces High II WWII sim subscription." Seems kinda suspicious to me.
Havent seen hide nor hair of a single popup since installing Mozilla firefox
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/)
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LOL, Raptor. I got one from Dux yesterday also. If I ever find out who this guy is.... :mad:
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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Here's an old trick that sometimes helps to notify you that you are infected
Put your own addy in your address book.
If you start getting emails from yourself you know you didnt send then you know you have a problem.
If you have AOL you can even one up this.
Create a screen name starting with the letter "A"
Example: "ALuvly1"
Then delete that SN from your account but put that SN in your address books.
Often these virus's will go alphabetically and since "ALuvly1" is no longer a valid email address you will automatically start getting bounced mail
Sounds screwey I know. But it works
Not an AOL memebr myself, but I always thought AOL screened out virii for you. Not true?