Re: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]
why not roll it out in a business environment? IS put it on my production workstation in conjunction with newest ad aware, I also use it on my test box at work (State ISP) and all my boxes at home. I have even started putting it on anyones machines I do work on, and recommend it to anyone who asks. As for mail, I have been moderately satisfied with mailwasher www.mailwasher.com which is another freeware program you can use to bounce and blacklist emails back at offending spam servers-and now supports web based mail clients like hotmail. When I first started using mailwasher, it DRASTICALLY reduced the number of spam messages I got everyday. (from about 70+ to less than 30) ""Wilmes, Rusty"" wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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 > **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=74838&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
RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]
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
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 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74807&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
RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]
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 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74752&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
RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]
Must not be listening to Doug on the nmsusers.org site lists. He plans on using Bayesian filters on network management events to predict causal effects of network issues. Considering that AOL must have boat loads of events, from syslogs, to SNMP traps, to events generated by network management systems, it may help break down the deluge into a manageable amount. Bayesian filters have been around for a while, and are used in bunches of different applications. It's just recently over the last few years that they have been applied to SPAM identification. Fred Reimer - CCNA Eclipsys Corporation, 200 Ashford Center North, Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 404-847-5177 Cell: 770-490-3071 Pager: 888-260-2050 NOTICE; This email contains confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the email, please notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer. -Original Message- From: John Neiberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 5:36 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 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74753&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
RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]
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 Eclipsys Corporation, 200 Ashford Center North, Atlanta, GA 30338 Phone: 404-847-5177 Cell: 770-490-3071 Pager: 888-260-2050 NOTICE; This email contains confidential or proprietary information which may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the named recipient(s). If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected the email, please notify the author by replying to this message. If you are not the named recipient, you are not authorized to use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email, and should immediately delete it from your computer. -Original Message- From: DeVoe, Charles (PKI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] Often in SPAM emails I get some sort of text that looks like this lmlbjot- qribr^jin(nezl(zvy -temwvnj Can anyone explain what this is? **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=74745&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
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 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74747&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
RE: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]
It's an effort by the spammer to change the signature (checksum) of the spam email by inserting random characters. It gets around spam filters which use a signature/checksum technique. I believe the open source Vipul's Razor uses signatures. Vijay Ramcharan -Original Message- From: DeVoe, Charles (PKI) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT Gibberish in email [7:74740] Often in SPAM emails I get some sort of text that looks like this lmlbjot- qribr^jin(nezl(zvy -temwvnj Can anyone explain what this is? **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=74746&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
OT Gibberish in email [7:74740]
Often in SPAM emails I get some sort of text that looks like this lmlbjot- qribr^jin(nezl(zvy -temwvnj Can anyone explain what this is? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=74740&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
Re: gibberish
Looks like a Checkpoint license, after three months of waiting for it. HA HA Holiday Humor ML "Chuck Larrieu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 92btrp$upr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:92btrp$upr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > IEkgc2VlICJiZ3AgY29uZmVkZXJhdGlvbiBwZWVycyAoZGVmaW5lIGFsbCB0aGUgb3RoZXIgYXV0 > b25vbW91cyBzeXN0ZW1zIGluIHRoZSBjb25mZWRlcmF0aW9uKSINCiBpbiB0aGUgY2lzY28gZG9j > Lg0KQnV0IEkgdGhpbmsgY29uZmlnIHRoZSBuZWlnaGJvciBhdXRvbm9tb3VzIHdpbGwgd29yayB0 > b28uDQpTbyBXaGljaCBvbmUgaXMgYmVzdCBpbiB0aGUgbGFiPw0KDQp6amd1DQoNCg== > > > > > > _ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gibberish
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