I truly do try to report most, if not all, spam to Spamcop, and had wondered why the site was inaccessible over the weekend… certainly not due to unpopularity. So, Geekblog tells me this:
W32.MiMail.c@MM and W32.MiMail.d@MM, two new variants of the W32MiMail@MM worm, have been discovered in the wild, and it is known to have serious payloads. The Register reports “Mimail-C and Mimail-D were both first spotted on Friday (October 31 – Halloween). Mimail-C tries to perform a DoS (Denial of Service) attack on certain sites and to steal information from infected computer users. Mimail-D attempts to DDoS anti-spam organizations Spamhaus, Spamcop, and SPEWS. Mimail-D has a different subject line (typically “don’t be late!”) and attachment name (readnow.zip) to Mimail-C, but is otherwise similar.” This is not the first, nor is it likely to be the last virus to attack anti spam sites. In the battle between spammers and their enemies, the war shall not end any time soon.
white pebble 