From: Antonio (freenixlibero.it)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2007 - 03:49:09 CDT

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Alle 02:35, giovedì 4 ottobre 2007, hai scritto:
> No, you should get used to it. Any Windows computer on the internet with
> your email address on it is subject to this behavior, once it becomes a
> tool for a spammer. This kind of thing has been happening for a long time,
> it is only becoming more common over time.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_botnet
>
> Take care,

Thank you for replying.
Well, but I'm not on windows, my os is of course mandriva linux, my beloved
penguing from several years :-), so I don't think I'm in a botnet.
If my computer is a zombie I surely should worry about this, since it can be
used to do bad things that I can be asked to respond; but I don't think this
is the case: I'm well firewalled and I don't see suspicious net traffic,
chrootkit give me nothing, and my emails are always scanned for viruses.
Antonio.
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