compelling indeed! I wish someone would make an enterprise level spyware remover (or integrate one into virus scanning). The best one I've seen is spybot but it's not exactly something I'd rollout in a business environment (of course, it might be easier to manage that than to manage gator on every 9x client.
-----Original Message----- From: Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 10:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] There's a compelling argument for scheduled virus and spyware scans/updates.. Brian The path to a desireable destination is often more difficult than the path to stay where you are. On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Wilmes, Rusty wrote: > I've been trying to scrounge up the time to build one of these... > > http://lawmonkey.org/anti-spam.html > > combination of bayesian and razor on openbsd acting as an MTA. > > About 1/2 our staff installed freeware screensaver (read: gator) on their > computers and our spam has gone through the roof. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 2:36 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] > > > Reimer, Fred wrote: > > > > It is an attempt by the SPAMers to avoid SPAM software that > > takes a hash of > > the SPAM and blocks SPAM on machines based on these hash > > values. There are > > some anti-SPAM "solutions" out there that basically relies on > > the users to > > mark email as SPAM. When they do, the client machines send the > > hash of the > > SPAM up to the service provider, which shares these hashes with > > all other > > subscribers. So, if the same exact SPAM is sent to another > > user it would > > automatically get blocked. These random characters change the > > hash value, > > and hence this method of blocking SPAM is ineffective. > > > > Use a Bayesian filter program for your SPAM. I have 3755 > > emails in my "Junk > > Mail" folder now, and I empty it out last on July 18th. Check > > out > > www.Junk-Out.com. > > > > Fred Reimer - CCNA > > Someone should develop a SPAM filter that looks for certain types of > randomness within a message. This would be difficult, but certainly not > impossible. You'd have to be pretty creative about it but it ought to be > possible to devise an algorithm that could detect that sort of random > line--often found in the subject line--and flag it as SPAM. > > I haven't heard of a Bayesian filter before. I'm going to go find out more > about that right now. > > John > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > http://shop.groupstudy.com > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: > http://shop.groupstudy.com > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74822&t=74740 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
