"Revenge Is Mine" says someone banned from here

[X-Rated]

You know, some people will let things drop when they are banned and just let it go. But not all will just let go like that. They will even go so far as to send email to others posting there with links to trojans and viruses. Why do they do that? That is mean and cruel.

Here's the thing. I get this email this morning. Several others are copied on it, but no one I recognize. Looks like a bunch of hams were targeted for some sort of revenge.

I would have never expected this from this gentleman. I had no idea he could do this.

[WØTKX]

Last fall, I got an email from a trusted ham that said "hey" on my Yahoo account. The problem is I followed a link, which went to a site spamming for at home work. Visiting the site tweaked my browser (that I had open) to link me to a faked Yahoo mail server.

Once I did that, my Yahoo password was hacked. And I started sending out spam emails. This was noticed in less than 12 hours, but all saved contacts in that mail account got a spam mail from me. Many (most) of my contacts had AV software going that caught the compromised URL (being based in the states), and sent me a reply. I noticed the outbound traffic from me the next morning when I logged in. Problem was stopped in less than 12 hours. However...

My G-Data software did not catch it. It will now, as I informed them of the compromise. This was a fast moving creature in the wild, and they are based in Germany... so they didn't catch it immediately. Two faked Yahoo servers were shut down by ISP's in Texas and Pennsylvania. These were innocent end users machines that had been compromised to turn them into servers. G-Data and Yahoo now share more information about these things, so G-Data users won't see that delay.

For the first ten minutes or so I thought somebody had done this to me on purpose, but it was not true. Sure, it looked like a group of hams got targeted, because of the long list of "callsign" emails in the CC line. So, when things look suspicious, look deeper. These hams that sent you this may have been compromised, and they are unaware of it.

Investigate further before you blame somebody who it looks like caused it.

For my trouble, Yahoo support sent me a cool email, they needed to work with G-Data more closely like they do with the other AV companies... so these faked and compromised URL's get distributed to end users various AV programs ASAP. Part of the problem was the time difference. The reason I use G-Data is it does NOT use much for system resources. For the FlexRadio PC, you see.

I get next years G-Data subscription for free. They gave me a cooopin!

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I really don't think he was hacked. I think he really did this on purpose.

[KJ3N]

For the first ten minutes or so I thought somebody had done this to me on purpose, but it was not true. Sure, it looked like a group of hams got targeted, because of the long list of "callsign" emails in the CC line. So, when things look suspicious, look deeper. These hams that sent you this may have been compromised, and they are unaware of it.

Investigate further before you blame somebody who it looks like caused it.

This. I've never quite understood why the first reaction to something like this, is an immediate suspicion of evil and malicious intent. Nine times out of ten, it's not.

I got something similar from one of the QRZ moderators. It was pretty obvious to me that their Yahoo account had been compromised. See here: http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php...-E-Mail-hacked

The gave me a cooopin!

Was it for Tater Salad?

[X-Rated]

This. I've never quite understood why the first reaction to something like this, is an immediate suspicion of evil and malicious intent. Nine times out of ten, it's not.

You want to rephrase that?

[X-Rated]

Will he come back and admit that his account was hacked? No. I doubt it. He did this on purpose. I didn't think he could, but he has.

[KJ3N]

You want to rephrase that?

No. It's a Yahoo account. That's the first flag. Suggest you Google "hacked yahoo accounts".

[KJ3N]

Will he come back and admit that his account was hacked? No. I doubt it. He did this on purpose. I didn't think he could, but he has.

Also, it's pretty hard to admit something from beyond the grave. Mack's been dead for some time.

Now, would you like to retract your accusation?

[X-Rated]

I sent an email to the others to not open the link, but I will just let it go. I can't stay mad at Dilmus.

[KJ3N]

I sent an email to the others to not open the link, but I will just let it go. I can't stay mad at Dilmus.

Hard to stay mad at a corpse.