[xen-tools-discuss] Locky Ransomware via xen-tools lists (was: xen-tools-discuss)

[Axel Beckert]

Hi,

thanks for the notice.

On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 07:44:21AM +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> Hey all just want to send out a warning in case this ended up in anyones
> inbox.

Not sure where it ended up here (as I haven't seen it yet), but
probably correctly in the spam filter.

> There is a cryptographic virus called locky that will encrypt your
> files

... if you're using Windows. Which I expect aren't that many users on
the xen-tools lists as there is no Xen for Windows.

So actually I don't care about the virus. I care more about the
reputation of my mail server which has multiplied that mail.

About a month ago I got a complaint for such a mail, but explaining
that it was a on-purpose open mailing list of an open-source project
seem to have sufficed.

Nevertheless, for now I've made both xen-tools lists (xen-tools-discuss
and xen-tools-dev) member-only list, so that I have to moderate every
mail coming from a non-member. While this will save the lists from
such crap (unless the e-mail address of a member is faked -- which is
not unlikely) I'll have to look at every non-member mail and I may
not act timely on moderating them if they're indeed on-topic.

		Kind regards, Axel
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