On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 12:16 +0930, Paul Shirren wrote: > On 24/09/09 10:04 AM, mike james wrote: > > sucker = me > > :) > > Not at all. It would be terrible if we were all so cynical that we > didn't respond to calls for help. Online communities rely on goodwill > and these people abuse it. Lots of great replies from everyone as usual. > > I have seen posts with the exact same text in several unrelated lists > and from different addresses. > > This type of Dorothy Dix spam is becoming popular on forums. The > reasonable initial question doesn't register with filters or moderators > and creates a thread. Then another post is snuck in with some link spam > in an attempt to boost search engine ranking. > > In this case I think the aim is to give the payload some sort of > legitimacy to casual inspection by slipping it in with the other > answers. The usual punchline to this one is a link to a site saying it > has detected malware on your computer (in C:\WINDOWS\System32 even on > Mac and Linux) and a helpful download link for a "solution" and I don't > mean an Ubuntu CD.
At least 70 references for the text is already in google. http://is.gd/3Cz1l- Still was a good opportunity to promote opcrack which is a very useful tool :) Cheers Dave -- ubuntu-au mailing list ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
