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Sgt Schultz



Joined: Dec 07, 2002
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Location: St. Louis area

PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:30 am    Post subject:

Just wondering what the heck is going on with all the words at the end of spam messages I get? Here's an example from a recent one:

gumbo infusible brighton transmission chapman tofu attain wintry fifty crest immobility yank switchblade carryover don't german des darwindust fluorine chamberlain rumen narrate backplate archdiocese suppressible testate blob capella vestibule plug curbside modulus philanthrope courtier edginghumus huddle impoverish piquant comma paper quarry daniel hawaii candlelight physiochemical buxtehude sonogram preempt downtrend locomotive demagnify shipbuildingantedate actuate rhyme competitive epitaxy expel nevertheless quixote liqueur baudelaire durable institution vacant antigone heap incendiary oboist homeopathbowie odysseus high flatus emily abusable celerity parch berkowitz labyrinth confront alveolar premonitory bern dichotomy
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jeber



Joined: Dec 19, 2002
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Location: The Village

PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 10:32 am    Post subject:

From what I've read, they do that in an effort to evade keyword spam filters. They figure if the filter sees those words, it will guess that the message is legit email, and not dump it. Seems to have worked in your case. Sad
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Sgt Schultz



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 11:42 am    Post subject:

LOL! I use "baudelaire" every day in my writings. Wink
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a-vision



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:49 am    Post subject:

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LOL! I use "baudelaire" every day in my writings. Wink

Quote:
a French poet noted for macabre imagery and evocative language (1821-1867)
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Shiva459



Joined: Jul 21, 2004
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 3:24 pm    Post subject:

Be careful! You could be opening an pif file attachment and don't know it. Panda AntiVirus identifies a "pif file attachment" as a Exploit/iFrame virus (http://www.pandasoftware.com/virus_info/encyclopedia/ficha.aspx?iddeteccion=24756).

These email messages are from people unknown to you, and who had no knowledge of sending an email to you, recently or otherwise. Apparently these .pif attachments are some kind of virus/worm attempting to secretly spread to others, and picking up email addresses to spread the virus/worm to others via the sender's email addressbook.

--- Shiva459 :rolleyes:
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Jamestaylor



Joined: Jun 20, 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:14 am    Post subject:

Other reasons

1) To posion bayesian filters , bayesian filters that do "train on everything" will put some legimate words into the spam database, reducing the efficency of the filter in the future.

2) To reduce the spaminess of the message.

3) To defeat hash based methods used by P2P antispam measures like Cloudnet.
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Serial666



Joined: Aug 04, 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:18 am    Post subject:

Without a doubt!
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