[Air-l] Re: increase in spam

[Alan Rea]

On possible cause in an exploit in a very popular form processing 
CGI-Script called FormMail. Any Web server using a version older then 1.9 
is open for SPAMmers to use the server via the processing script. It's been 
going on for a couple of months, but more servers are now getting hit since 
the word has spread. The easiest fix is either to remove the program or 
simply update it:

http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/formmail.shtml

Later...

Alan


At 12:01 PM 1/5/2002 -0500, you wrote:

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>Message: 2
>Date: Fri, 04 Jan 2002 22:02:53 -0600
>From: Laura Gurak <gurakl at umn.edu>
>To: AIR List <air-l at aoir.org>
>Subject: [Air-l] increase in spam...
>Reply-To: air-l at aoir.org
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>Has anyone else noticed a sudden increase in the amount of porn-type spam
>they are getting? At least six people, including one journalist, have been
>asking me what's up. I've heard from both academics and folks in the private
>sector, and all seem to indicate a sudden (past 5-7 days) rise in this
>stuff. I personally have noticed it as well. Anyone know what's going on?
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