[Goober5000]

Ooookay, I just got this very strange email, which seems to be to be saying "We're going to take over your computer and there's nothing you can do about it, hahahahaha!"  At first I thought it was spam, but then they referenced an email I had sent to the FDL mailing list at the bottom.  Has anyone else gotten this from the FDL?

From: [email protected]
To: "Ian Warfield" <[email removed]>
Subject: Permission Confirmation Received

.qri.track.response,auto,warn,norepeat,syson

The preceeding code will be used to track your activities
through this system. All information is recorded and used
in the prosecution of unsolicited materials. ISP's are
heretofore warned that they are no longer protected from
prosecution.  Each occurence of unsolicted materials into
or through this system will incur a $500.00 penalty. All
information is provided to government agencies seeking out
felonious usage of public systems as well as the transport
or supplying of illegal material.

There is no recourse to these actions. By sending materials
to this address you have authorized our system to scan and
otherwise investigate your online activities and your
network.

You have also absolved us of any and all damages which may
be incurred to said systems to include but not limited to:

1) All account information regardless of security.
2) Network status; to include HUBs and ISPs.
3) The destruction or obfuscation of operating systems which
may or may not be supporting activities as defined above.
4) Government information not adhering to Part 62, section 5
of the Network Provisions Guidelines as well as the
National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual
of the US Department of Defense.
5) Corporate and Private financial information may be siezed
without notification either written, oral or electronic.
6) Any hardware or software alterations or destruction
resulting from investigations.
7) As per the Internet Security Guidelines and Patriot Act,
you are also notified that seizures of any materials whether
physical or electronic are also included within this scope.

As the complexity of the internet allows for certain
unconstrained usage you have also stipulated by sending to
this address that even first occurrences are sufficient to
enact any and all means to perform any tasks necessary to
achieve the goals stated above.

This is the first and only warning given. This address exists
solely for the purpose of tracking and recording activities.
As such, this responder has automatically initiated the
necessary procedures outlined. This system does not send
unauthorized or unsolicited information. If you recieved this
response then it was not unintentional.

If you are a network provider, regardless of station, these
measures will be taken.

Thank you for giving us permission to make your global
internet a better, safer place for the free exchange of ideas
and information. No further notices will be given unless this
address is utilized again. No further action from you is
necessary.

Q.R.I.
Systems Interrogations and Analysis
G.F. - Systems Integration Division, Network AI Tracking

Q.R.I. - "Making the Internet safer for our children"


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Dagwood System Analyser
act: glenn
url: servetheweb.com
psw: ****************
login successful
Welcome to QRI
Login on DSA complete
> rq trorec ar !!adr!! wscan nonpassive
systat17376.interrogator active
0-autoresponder reply
track
.rep..found
rec
.rep..found
inton.response
.rep..digitalsignature.8915121b605686c65c3f03ff529d0476
blondie.invasive
nsp.inton
.rep..found
nsp_compliance.scanon
.rep..found
999.noerr
1-done
---------------------------------------------------------
reply .confirmed to !!adr!!
> rq clo
---------------------------------------------------------
reply .confirmed to clo
> redirect to !!asa!!
---------------------------------------------------------
reply .confirmed to !!asa!!
> off
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reply .off
Thank you for using the DSA. Goodbye.


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Your Message Details
   Sender: Ian Warfield <[email removed]>
  Subject: Re: [Fdl] FDL

[Prophet]

Yeah right. That is so full of ridiculous pro-american scifi movie 24 x-files bull**** that just blows my mind. No way is that "for real". Ofcourse one way to find out is that you proceed to visit every child-porn bestiality bomb making allah anti-american blow US to smithereens site you can find, and wait if your computer turns into a cyber machine that strangles you during the night.

[Roanoke]

wtf ?

[vyper]

Bullshot, my friend.

[Goober5000]

I'd be inclined to think so, but that doesn't explain how they got the subject of the email I just sent to FDL.  My name and address I suppose they could have mined from somewhere, but referencing the email makes it seem like some sort of response.

[futureshock]

Hey, emails are like postcards everyone can read them.
The origin is interesting. servetheweb.com is registered as 64.199.142.16. An reverse inquiry gives iceman.servetheweb.com which is home of : Guestpad 3.0 - "Free Guest Book Services - Since 1996 - The World's fastest and easiest Guest Book Service!".
Sounds a like a place from where you can send all kinds of spam.

HTH

What is FDL by the way?

[Blue Lion]

 http://www.servetheweb.com/index.php?id=9

[aldo_14]

I'd be inclined to think so, but that doesn't explain how they got the subject of the email I just sent to FDL.  My name and address I suppose they could have mined from somewhere, but referencing the email makes it seem like some sort of response.

Doesn't the FDL (Freespace Developer List?) post emails up, though?  Either that or they have a trojan somewhere picking up emails.

[futureshock]

Either that or a simple script taking the most common words (well FDL is common on that list) and posting. I even got spam send from me to myself or so it looked like.

With all the phishing taking place it would be a wonder if this didn't happen.

And I love this part:

There is no recourse to these actions. By sending materials
to this address you have authorized our system to scan and
otherwise investigate your online activities and your
network.

Or did you sign something at servetheweb.com to that end?

[Ford Prefect]

This whole thing sounds doubleplus ungood to me.

[Goober5000]

Doesn't the FDL (Freespace Developer List?) post emails up, though?

They used to, on ml.warpcore.org, but that doesn't seem to be working anymore.

EDIT: Actually, it seems like they have a new archive up (with none of the posts from the old one ):
http://ml.warpcore.org/pipermail/fdl/

[Polpolion]

64.199.142.16.

What the hell? That looks like my IP!

EDIT: Never mind. Mine is NOT EXPLODING!!!!

[Bobboau]

you know its kind of a bad idea to post that right?

[Mefustae]

you know its kind of a bad idea to post that right?

[whisper]Shhhhhhhhhhhutuuuup...[/whisper]

[Inquisitor]

Someone on the FDL has a virus (or a really bad sense of humour).

And since you emailed about the archives, you got the reply from whoever that is. I did not see an email like this, or it got spam nuked. I suppose I could send an email to the list and see whta happens.

If you still feel nervous, catch me on IM, though I am travelling to Savannah then San Jose so might be on sporadically. Can probably figure out pretty quickly who on the FDL has the virus or bad humour. Or look at the email headers yourself, probably get the machine name that sent it and some other goodies from it.

Otherwise, complete bull****

[Goober5000]

It was more of a general than anything else, though a virus makes sense.  You can't give permission for something you don't know about - it flies in the face of hundreds of years of contract law precedent.

I actually did "reply all" for that email, though, so I sent it to both the FDL and "Ricky", who has a weird-looking address at Juno.com.  So he might be the one with the virus.

[Polpolion]

you know its kind of a bad idea to post that right?

It's not like I have credit card information on my computer. All I have is some stuff for school and games. Lots of games. There isn't really much stuff that a hacker could with my computer. And even if he tried, the computer would explode because it's so horrible.

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*edits last post*