RE: weird worm ?

["Discini, Sonny" <Sonny.Discini () montgomerycountymd gov>]

Yes, I have seen similar e-mails and yes, this appears to be word list probes to see what will and will not pass 
through your filter. Once they compile a reasonable trigger list, they will omit those words from their SPAM messages. 
This also explains why the e-mail is coming from random sources. If it came from a real address, they know that any 
reasonable admin would add the domain to their block list.

Fwiw



-----Original Message-----
From: Rapaill [mailto:Max.Rapaille () nbb be] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:32 AM
To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] weird worm ?


Hi,

Perhaps some spammers trying to test circumvention of anti-spam filter ? Just filling mail with random words to test if 
this can pass some score-based filter like Baysian filter?

If those messages are accepted, they will try later with some advertising for a Miracle Pill to make some part of your 
body bigger ? ;-)

Regards,
Max

-----Original Message-----
From: vogt () hansenet com [mailto:vogt () hansenet com] 
Sent: mardi 30 décembre 2003 13:48
To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
Subject: [Full-disclosure] weird worm ?


Hi everyone -

For days now, I've been receiving weird messages, with a few lines of apparently random, garbage text, like this:

highest bailiff nomad father advise heir 
oxygen honorarium allegro reveal wronskian indentation coachmen 
deficient tribute arcturus mitigate bypath 


A

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