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On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 12:30, Sherry Abercrombie<saber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm a reluctant *nix admin, so I'll take gui over command line any day.  ;)
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Jason Gurtz <jasongu...@npumail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you don't need a gui interface there's actually native ports (including
>> installers and no Cygwin needed!) of most gnu utils available.  Check out
>> gnuwin32.sf.net, click packages and click grep.
>>
>> The only drawback I find is that using these tools inhibits my groking of
>> powershell a bit since it's a throwing around text vs. throwing around
>> objects situation.
>>
>> Whee!
>>
>> ~JasonG
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:saber...@gmail.com]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 15:10
>> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> > Subject: Re: 2k3 message tracking-Resolved
>> >
>> > LOL, well, usually only someone with *nix experience would even use the
>> > word grep because most windows admins have no clue what grep is.  Never
>> > heard of this Windows Grep......off to Google to have a look at it.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 1:45 PM, <pramatow...@mediageneral.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >       Outlook 2007SP2
>> >       Exchange 2003SP2
>> >       Message was sent in plain text
>> >
>> >       Where you are seeing strange code
>> >
>> >       The top line was a path slash slash server slash windows slash
>> > system32 slash logfiles  slash w3svc1
>> >       Next line was asterisk blinks asterisk
>> >       Next line after I hope so was three periods
>> >       Next line after Me was a spacedash
>> >
>> >       Beats the heck out of me why it apostrophe s is being rendered
>> > that way to you guys comma I have never seen this before period
>> >
>> >       Putting this here so as not to chance adding another message of
>> > doom to the list comma I said grep because I used a program called
>> > Windows Grep to pull out the relevant bits from a massive log file smile
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >       -----Original Message-----
>> >       From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com]
>> >       Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 2:22 PM
>> >       To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> >
>> >       Subject: Re: 2k3 message tracking-Resolved
>> >
>> >
>> >       What are you using for a mailer?  I'd love to know what makes
>> > these
>> >       fantastic codes I keep seeing.
>> >
>> >       --
>> >       ME2
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >       On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:00 PM, <pramatow...@mediageneral.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >       > I've grepped out a bit of a log file from my +AFwAXA-server+AFw-
>> > c+ACQAXA-WINDOWS+AFw-system32+AFw-LogFiles+AFw-W3SVC1 directory
>> >       >
>> >       > I can send you- My OWA session Logging on, creating and sending
>> > a message and logging off.
>> >       > Let me know if it's ok to send to your vhcc.edu address.
>> >       >
>> >       > +ACo-blinks+ACo-
>> >       >
>> >       > neat and clear manner?    I hope so+ICY-
>> >       > without HUGE sigs and disclaimers?   Check.
>> >       > Graphics and other unnecessary additions? Check
>> >       >
>> >       > Me +IBM-
>> >       > list noob? Yep, been here for all of two months tomorrow.
>> >       > see inline graphics before?  Yep.
>> >       > See complaints about inline graphics before today? Nope but duly
>> > noted.
>> >       >
>> >       > reasonably spell checked?  Check
>> >       > grammatically correct  Nope.
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       >
>> >       > -----Original Message-----
>> >       > From: Glen Johnson +AFs-mailto:gjohnson+AEA-vhcc.edu+AF0-
>> > <mailto:gjohnson%2BAEA-vhcc.edu%2BAF0->
>> >       > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 11:07 AM
>> >       > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> >       > Subject: RE: 2k3 message tracking-Resolved
>> >       >
>> >       > I don't see anything referencing logins in the iis logs.  Anyone
>> > care to share what it looks like so I know what I'm searching for?
>> >       > Maybe I don't have the logging configured correctly or am not
>> > looking for the right thing.
>> >       > All I see in the log is the get, search and propfind and search
>> > verbs.
>> >       >
>> >       > -----Original Message-----
>> >       > From: Miller Bonnie L. +AFs-mailto:millerbl+AEA-
>> > mukilteo.wednet.edu+AF0- <mailto:millerbl%2BAEA-
>> > mukilteo.wednet.edu%2BAF0->
>> >       > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 9:48 AM
>> >       > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> >       > Subject: RE: 2k3 message tracking-Resolved
>> >       >
>> >       > Can you find the logons in your server's IIS logs?  I'm guessing
>> > they are going to show a lot of activity if it came through via OWA.
>> >       >
>> >       > -Bonnie
>> >       >
>> >       > -----Original Message-----
>> >       > From: Glen Johnson +AFs-mailto:gjohnson+AEA-vhcc.edu+AF0-
>> > <mailto:gjohnson%2BAEA-vhcc.edu%2BAF0->
>> >       > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 6:08 AM
>> >       > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> >       > Subject: RE: 2k3 message tracking-Resolved
>> >       >
>> >       > Thanks to all for the suggestions.
>> >       > I finally had time to work on this more and found where the two
>> > users had replied to phishing emails, provided their user name and
>> > password.
>> >       > Looks like the phishers have a script that runs against owa and
>> > sends out all the spam.
>> >       > The guilty users are being dealt with by their supervisors.  I
>> > suggested a clue-by-four upside the head as they been through security
>> > training(twice) that addresses this exact issue.
>> >       > Oh well, job security.
>> >       > One last question.
>> >       > Is it possible to tell if the email were dumped into the
>> > exchange server via owa or an outlook client.
>> >       > I'm not seeing any reference to Outlook in the messages so I'm
>> > leaning towards OWA.
>> >       >
>> >       > -----Original Message-----
>> >       > From: Jason Gurtz +AFs-mailto:jasongurtz+AEA-npumail.com+AF0-
>> > <mailto:jasongurtz%2BAEA-npumail.com%2BAF0->
>> >       > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 3:49 PM
>> >       > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
>> >       > Subject: RE: 2k3 message tracking
>> >       >
>> >       > +AD4- When I reset the password on the two accounts that were
>> > sending all the
>> >       > +AD4- spam, it stopped and hasn+IBk-t returned so the only
>> > conclusion I+IBk-ve come up
>> >       > +AD4- with is that these two accounts got their password stolen,
>> > and then some
>> >       > +AD4- script or bot accessed their OWA account and sent all the
>> > spam.
>> >       > +AD4-
>> >       > +AD4- Does that sound possible/logical?
>> >       >
>> >       > Sounds like the users where phished and from what I've heard,
>> > this is very
>> >       > common at edu's.  You might want to check out installing
>> > something like
>> >       > Untangle which has an anti-phishing filter +ADw-
>> > http://www.untangle.com/+AD4- in
>> >       > front of your mail server(s).
>> >       >
>> >       > If you're motivated enough to install a Linux based mail gateway
>> > you may
>> >       > be
>> >       > able to use this nifty scanning software called Kochi which
>> > actually tries
>> >       > to authenticate to your AD:
>> >       > +ADw-http://oss.lboro.ac.uk/kochi1.html+AD4-
>> >       >
>> >       > I guess there's some client based tools too to stem the flow of
>> > passwords
>> >       > through the browser, check out the Wikipedia article for a list
>> > of things
>> >       > to
>> >       > try: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-phishing+AF8-software
>> >       >
>> >       > +AH4-JasonG
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>> > --
>> > Sherry Abercrombie
>> >
>> > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
>> > Arthur C. Clarke
>> > Sent from Haslet, TX, United States
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>
> --
> Sherry Abercrombie
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> Arthur C. Clarke
> Sent from Haslet, TX, United States


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