Re: what is this?

[Paul Schmehl <pauls () utdallas edu>]

--On Tuesday, January 15, 2008 10:29:32 +0100 auto71278 () hushmail com wrote:

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> > I did not look at the malware, but it is pretty obvious you have
> been
> > compromised.
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> Dear Asshole,
> You did not look at the malware but you're sure (err, excuse.. "its
> pretty obvious") he's owned. Thats really funny. Are you the great
> Gandalf the magician or John Titor?

No, he's Nick Fitzgerald, one of the foremost experts in the world on malware, 
you bozo.

The malware was VBS/Psyme, but Nick didn't need to know that to understand that 
the guy had been compromised.  Why you did is an exercise for the reader.

It's better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and 
remove all doubt.

-- 
Paul Schmehl (pauls () utdallas edu)
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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