Reconfigure

Of German spam and Notepad

Marc Joye: Crpto expert.

Notepad as my !#!@#! 17:17

Its the third time somebody has sent me this:

Hi All,

This is good for people who use notepad to write down any info on a day to day
basis.

1. Open a blank Notepad file.
2. Write .LOG (in CAPS only) as the first line of the file, followed
   by an Enter. Save the File and close it.
3. Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends
   the Current Date and Time to the end of the file and places the cursor
   on the Line after.
4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.
5. Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process, appending
   the Date and Time to the end of the file and placing the cursor below
   it.

I might sound arrogant like Eric Raymond in this.

Passwords 13:12

These bank passwords are a discomfort (a.k.a driving me crazy). I can't put the same password everywhere. End up mixing passwords, getting accounts locked, calling up them (which I don't like a.k.a hate), not reaching, feeling bad (a.k.a frustrated). Typing this down to vent the uneasy feeling (a.k.a anger). I am not comfortable with talking to the call centre people.

German spam 10:55

Quote:

    Sehr geehrte Damen und herren,

    wir laden Sie rechtherzilch zu unseren Aktion. Alles was daufuer zu
    machen brauchen ist dieses Formular auszufuellen. Das eine Euro das
    Sie uns schicken wird viele Kinder der dritten Welt erfreuen

    Das Kennwort fuer den Formular lautet jkm0

    Herzilchen Dank

My head did a couple of somersaults when I saw this from a customer particularly when an gnus indicated an attachment with mime type application/octet-stream. Only the stream caught my eyes, then I have this German thingy in an attached picture.