Hoax re registry

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Still not sure what you're getting at. If e-mail is being delivered to my
ISP and then downloaded to me through normal channels (currently on the
default ports, as you mentioned), then how does changing ports help in any
way. All changing ports does, to my knowledge, is to let you connect to
your ISP's mail server on different ports if they're not using the standard
ones for some reason.

And just because you know who an e-mail is coming from doesn't mean it's not
SPAM. Just because it's a fixed address doesn't mean it's not SPAM. These
things just mean that the sender hasn't bothered with disposable e-mail
accounts or e-mail header spoofing, or that they're spoofing it with an
invalid e-mail address. Like I said, I get viruses from the same e-mail
address ([email protected]) every couple of days, and some spammers
still use the same address for a period of time as well. It's still a virus
or SPAM, even if it's the same address sending it every time.



Rob
 
Newbie said:
In Norton you have the e-mail scanning option that you can specify ports
like 110 or 25 etc which are the default for POP3 etc.
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Like I said, I won't let anything Norton come near any of my machines.
If the users knows who the e-mail is coming from then its not a SPAM message
then
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It's unsolicited email and the *spammer* won't reply to request for him
to cease and desist. Call it what you want. "A rose by any other name
would smell just as sweet".
Alias,

I guess you probably use McCrappy or AVG 7 (with built in BHO) or something
bad like that
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At the moment I am using Linux Ubuntu which needs no anti virus. For my
Windows I use Avast!
Client Security 3.1
(http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/products/overview.jsp?pcid=1001&pvid=839
_1) has the corporate enterprise version of Symantec firewall together with
Symantec Antivirus 10.1.5.5001 corporate edition & is the best thing since
sliced bread in my eyes. It just depends on what you prefer, but I remember
the days when McCrappy picked itself up as a virus
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I guess you mean McAfee and I hold that program in the same esteem as I
do Norton. But, hey, it's your computer and your money.

Alias
 
Alias,

You are right it is my money... :))

Basically, you get what you pay for. I pay the money & would recommend
Client Security 3.1 to anyone over the others because I am extremely
impressed with it

Would never use anything other than the corporate versions of Symantec
antivirus & haven't done since before Symantec Antivirus 7.5 Corporate
Version but then it was the Norton home products

Yes, McCrappy is McAfee & I had a dispute with them a few years back:

Hotmail used to use McCrappy & it used to let many viruses through. I proved
this to Microsoft 3 times before they decided to take note. In the meantime,
I went to McCrappy LiveHelp & told them that their virus scanner wasn't
picking something up that Norton had been doing for 16 months. The LiveHelp
person asked me what version of McCrappy am I using & I basically told him
that I use Symantec Corporate... He then said they don't support it & I need
to contact Microsoft about it. All I was doing is letting them know about
their product missing items... Went back to Hotmail with what the McCrappy
LiveHelp engineer had said & not long after that Microsoft changed their
Hotmail virus scanner to the one they have now.

Robert,

Not sure what version of Norton you have but I am saying about the ports for
the built in e-mail scanning feature, that's all.

Please, please, please save the full message (including attachment) & add it
to a post on this thread. I would love to strip this executable apart plus
examine the full headers of the message. Add the message zipped too. Its a
huge hobby of mine & a part of my job too.

Awaiting that message,
 
Newbie said:
Please, please, please save the full message (including attachment) &
add it to a post on this thread. I would love to strip this
executable apart plus examine the full headers of the message. Add
the message zipped too. Its a huge hobby of mine & a part of my job
too.
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It's not appropriate to post anything with attachments to this
newsgroup. I suppose if it means that much to you, you can request that
Robert e-mail it to you directly.
 
Newbie said:
Please, please, please save the full message (including attachment) & add it
to a post on this thread. I would love to strip this executable apart plus
examine the full headers of the message. Add the message zipped too. Its a
huge hobby of mine & a part of my job too.

Awaiting that message,
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Are you serious!? You are suggesting someone post a viral attachment to
this newsgroup so you can play with it? What if someone just subscribed
to this newsgroup and didn't see the previous messages, opened the
attachment and got infected? Are you willing to go to that person's home
or business and clean up their machine!?

Norton sucks big time and so do you for suggesting that the OP post
malware attachments to this ng.

Alias
 
I'm still not sure WHAT it is you're saying about the ports, though. All
you've really said is that I can specify ports to scan...so what? How does
that do ANYTHING for me? My ISP uses the default ports, what difference
does it make if I can change them in Norton?

Oh and no, I won't zip up a message and send it to you, either via NGs or
privately. No offense, but for all I know, you could be a virus creator
trying to see what methods others are using that are making it through my
ISP's spam/virus detection.


Rob
 
BTW, I'm not the OP; I just have a similar situation to his, with the
exception that I'm a computer geek and didn't need to ask if the e-mail was
a hoax.


Rob
 
My 2 useless cents:

1. Norton blows az.
2. Outlook express blows az
3. Most email servers blow az

How come I feel like I haven't contributed?

Later


Alias:
 
Robert,

I can assure you that I am not a SPAMMER not a virus creator. I just have 10
years (just over) experience in this & apart from being part of my job to
erradicate such things its a big hobby too.

As for the others saying that I get you to zip a viral/malware attachment is
rubbish! Its not proven to be either as yet. From a few post back I did
prove that even SARC say some attachments aren't dangerous which come down
as suspicious attachments attached to a message I sometimes get

If I want to write a virus I can always use a VBS file or notpad or Visual
Studio or even one of the other assembers I have on my development machine.

Ok. I accept you don't want to send me this message & although I am
disappointed by this you won't get the help you needed either. I am probably
the only person in the world who likes SPAM because I reverse it in a second
& have been known in the past to get my own back. No, this doesn't mean that
I have SPAMMED the SPAMMER but reported them so often that I get put on a
hate list, which means they won't SPAM me because they know I get their
IP/MX's blocked :)) Furthermore, removing people like I means they can
continue to SPAM others...

Ok. I am going to remove the flag from this thread now & will remeber the
OP's name for future ignoring, as he doesn't want my help & hasn't got any
help so far from the original post. Not being nasty, but I am prepared to
bend over backwards to help you & others & as you don't want it then fine
its less hassle for me which gives me time to help someone else around the
world that I do 7 days a week in forums, newsgroups, phone, MSN, Yahoo,
Skype or even remotely.

See you all in another post, Robert, but please check out my e-mail address
in all my posts.
 
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