Do you moderate a Yahoo! group?

written by Ryan Olshan on Sunday, January 22 2006

If you moderate or own a Yahoo! group, then you should be aware that there is currently a virus outbreak where somebody or several people are spamming groups by impersonating known email addresses that subscribe to the group, and even know enough to impersonate as unmoderated members. I have a feeling this is an inside job. Keep this blog post in mind before you jump the gun and ban and/or report a member who really didn't spam your group.
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  • s.souza on on 1.23.2006 at 9:47 PM

    s.souza avatar

    So, if these guys are good, and can spoof real people, how do we tell the difference between a real person SPAMing and these hacks SPAMing into the Yahoo group?




    -s2-


  • Ryan Olshan on on 1.23.2006 at 11:16 PM

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    You'll notice spam type emails getting posted to your group with subjects such as Desperate Housewives, XXX Video, and other things I'd rather not post as a comment. Basically, anything that comes into your group around this time that looks like spam is most likely part of this fiasco. Spoofing an email to a Yahoo! group is as easy as changing your from address in your email client or a web form. Pretty sad.



    Ryan

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