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Old 03-10-2006, 11:49   #9
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Re: my domain being used for spam email

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Originally Posted by AntiSilence View Post
No, I'm not. The file was called "bot.txt" and was not in a root directory. I opened the file in a text editor to view it. In it was code (perl script) to connect to an IRC channel, complete with login name and password. I checked the file out and found that it was used by spammers.
Ah OK..did a little googling myself and it seems that's a file that is used as a backdoor and downloaded into computers - not sure it produces the effects that the o/p was describing, but I guess it's all possible.

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Originally Posted by SMHarman View Post
I'm getting the exact same mailer bot using my domains this week. Most frustrating. Where were your names bought / where are they hosted?
In my case this is UK2 and iWeb. Wonder if there is a pattern, especially as they are using my personal one which gets a lot less spam (and is not used much). I' m not suprised on the advertised publicly marketed shop based domain name.
The one I have a little trouble with was bought from UK2.net but is now registered with 123-reg.
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