• New flood

    From Lutz Beck@21:1/5 to All on Wed Nov 8 09:15:13 2023
    New flood (seemingly by the same source) with spam referring
    to all kind of ... software (tools and for entertainment),
    which has been ... "cracked" ("free licenses", "free serial
    numbers", "full episodes", "dubbing"/"subtitles" in other
    languages, such as (Hindi, Tagalog"). And by making use of
    far more free-access servers, many (most??) of them being
    located rather in Europe and North America. Many if not all
    of them seemingly being coordinated by a NYC-based company:
    Strong Technology LLC ("AS54203"). This one deals with free
    hosting, VPN & the like. Methinks, complaint messages or
    a mere "inquiry" to their Big Apple HQs might help.

    Lutz

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Lutz Beck on Wed Nov 8 14:10:58 2023
    On Wed, 8 Nov 2023 09:15:13 +0100, Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
    New flood (seemingly by the same source) with spam referring
    to all kind of ... software (tools and for entertainment),
    which has been ... "cracked" ("free licenses", "free serial
    numbers", "full episodes", "dubbing"/"subtitles" in other
    languages, such as (Hindi, Tagalog"). And by making use of
    far more free-access servers, many (most??) of them being
    located rather in Europe and North America. Many if not all
    of them seemingly being coordinated by a NYC-based company:
    Strong Technology LLC ("AS54203"). This one deals with free
    hosting, VPN & the like. Methinks, complaint messages or
    a mere "inquiry" to their Big Apple HQs might help.

    words like "help" have never existed in places like that . . .

    (using Tor Browser 13.0.1)
    http://strongtechnology.net
    Websites prove their identity via certificates, which are valid for a set >time period. The certificate for strongtechnology.net expired on 9/30/2023. >strongvpn.com
    ...
    Online security is just a click away
    Encryption that doesn't slow you down. Now featuring WireGuard(r), the >fastest VPN protocol.
    Featured in:
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    ...
    [end quoted excerpt]

    fwiw, google has completely stopped spamming alt.comp.freeware since
    midday 31 October 2023 . . . eight days and counting . . . of course
    many hundreds of other newsgroups haven't been so lucky; as for this
    whole "vpn" industry, it's big business and everyone knows what that
    means

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Nov 8 16:18:19 2023
    In article <uifg2h$1gqqm$[email protected]>, Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote: >New flood (seemingly by the same source) with spam referring
    to all kind of ... software (tools and for entertainment),
    which has been ... "cracked" ("free licenses", "free serial
    numbers", "full episodes", "dubbing"/"subtitles" in other
    languages, such as (Hindi, Tagalog"). And by making use of
    far more free-access servers, many (most??) of them being
    located rather in Europe and North America. Many if not all
    of them seemingly being coordinated by a NYC-based company:
    Strong Technology LLC ("AS54203"). This one deals with free
    hosting, VPN & the like. Methinks, complaint messages or
    a mere "inquiry" to their Big Apple HQs might help.

    Lutz

    Which groups are affected?
    --
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  • From Lutz Beck@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Thu Nov 9 08:33:06 2023
    On 08.11.2023 17:18, The Doctor wrote:

    Which groups are affected?

    AFAI am concerned especially sci.lang. BTW, now the same spammer's
    software has been making use of various disseminators - for almost each
    spam post a different server, i.e., each message bears a different IP
    number in its header / "injection-info". e.g.:

    5.182.110.197
    102.129.235.85
    173.195.15.239
    212.102.49.206
    146.70.38.55
    216.131.88.41
    216.131.104.15
    209.107.196.81
    103.175.51.183
    95.181.237.20

    And, since Nov. 1, abavia.com, usually used for the gaming
    spam, too. I.e., a server he constantly has used for several
    months for a different kind of "flood" (emulation of
    discussion threads) that has been pestering (in similar
    amounts and 24/7) some German-speaking, DE.* newsgroups.

    Lutz

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Lutz Beck on Fri Nov 10 01:22:46 2023
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 08:33:06 +0100, Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 08.11.2023 17:18, The Doctor wrote:
    Which groups are affected?
    AFAI am concerned especially sci.lang. BTW, now the same spammer's
    software has been making use of various disseminators - for almost each
    spam post a different server, i.e., each message bears a different IP
    number in its header / "injection-info". e.g.:
    5.182.110.197
    102.129.235.85
    173.195.15.239
    212.102.49.206
    146.70.38.55
    216.131.88.41
    216.131.104.15
    209.107.196.81
    103.175.51.183
    95.181.237.20
    And, since Nov. 1, abavia.com, usually used for the gaming
    spam, too. I.e., a server he constantly has used for several
    months for a different kind of "flood" (emulation of
    discussion threads) that has been pestering (in similar
    amounts and 24/7) some German-speaking, DE.* newsgroups.

    "since Nov. 1" . . . notably first day that alt.comp.freeware stopped
    getting googlespammed . . . abavia.com geo location 12E25:12,43N54:18,
    probably not a regular stop along tourist routes . . . seems the spam
    attacks are orchestrated and administered among (un?)willing culprits

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  • From David Ritz@21:1/5 to Lutz Beck on Thu Nov 9 19:05:40 2023
    On Thursday, 09 November 2023 08:33 +0100,
    in article <uii1vj$23j24$[email protected]>,
    Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 08.11.2023 17:18, The Doctor wrote:

    Which groups are affected?

    AFAI am concerned especially sci.lang. BTW, now the same spammer's
    software has been making use of various disseminators - for almost each
    spam post a different server, i.e., each message bears a different IP
    number in its header / "injection-info". e.g.:

    5.182.110.197
    102.129.235.85
    173.195.15.239
    212.102.49.206
    146.70.38.55
    216.131.88.41
    216.131.104.15
    209.107.196.81
    103.175.51.183
    95.181.237.20

    These appear to all be VPNs running anonymizing forwarding proxies.

    Look ups via https://spur.us/context/$IP .

    --
    David Ritz <[email protected]>
    Be kind to animals; kiss a shark.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to David Ritz on Fri Nov 10 06:07:11 2023
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 19:05:40 -0600, David Ritz <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thursday, 09 November 2023 08:33 +0100,
    in article <uii1vj$23j24$[email protected]>,
    Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 08.11.2023 17:18, The Doctor wrote:
    Which groups are affected?
    AFAI am concerned especially sci.lang. BTW, now the same spammer's
    software has been making use of various disseminators - for almost each
    spam post a different server, i.e., each message bears a different IP
    number in its header / "injection-info". e.g.:
    5.182.110.197
    102.129.235.85
    173.195.15.239
    212.102.49.206
    146.70.38.55
    216.131.88.41
    216.131.104.15
    209.107.196.81
    103.175.51.183
    95.181.237.20

    These appear to all be VPNs running anonymizing forwarding proxies.
    Look ups via https://spur.us/context/$IP .

    no idea what their purpose could be for such massive and systematic
    spamming of unmoderated usenet newsgroups, relying predominantly on googlegroups in combination with similarly deaf usenet news servers,
    and not only the vast quantity but unequivocally detestable content
    which altogether must be part of a much larger propaganda operation

    (using Tor Browser 13.0.1)
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lookup+ip+VPN+proxy+tor

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  • From Andrew@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 10 11:01:25 2023
    D wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 19:05:40 -0600, David Ritz <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thursday, 09 November 2023 08:33 +0100,
    in article <uii1vj$23j24$[email protected]>,
    Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 08.11.2023 17:18, The Doctor wrote:
    Which groups are affected?
    AFAI am concerned especially sci.lang. BTW, now the same spammer's
    software has been making use of various disseminators - for almost each
    spam post a different server, i.e., each message bears a different IP
    number in its header / "injection-info". e.g.:
    5.182.110.197
    102.129.235.85
    173.195.15.239
    212.102.49.206
    146.70.38.55
    216.131.88.41
    216.131.104.15
    209.107.196.81
    103.175.51.183
    95.181.237.20

    These appear to all be VPNs running anonymizing forwarding proxies.
    Look ups via https://spur.us/context/$IP .

    no idea what their purpose could be for such massive and systematic
    spamming of unmoderated usenet newsgroups, relying predominantly on googlegroups in combination with similarly deaf usenet news servers,
    and not only the vast quantity but unequivocally detestable content
    which altogether must be part of a much larger propaganda operation

    (using Tor Browser 13.0.1)
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lookup+ip+VPN+proxy+tor


    I see it as a DOS attack, probably initiated by one of the trolls which
    have infested Usenet for years.

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  • From Pierre@21:1/5 to The Doctor on Fri Nov 10 10:48:17 2023
    The Doctor <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <uifg2h$1gqqm$[email protected]>, Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
    New flood (seemingly by the same source) with spam referring
    to all kind of ... software (tools and for entertainment),
    which has been ... "cracked" ("free licenses", "free serial
    numbers", "full episodes", "dubbing"/"subtitles" in other
    languages, such as (Hindi, Tagalog"). And by making use of
    far more free-access servers, many (most??) of them being
    located rather in Europe and North America. Many if not all
    of them seemingly being coordinated by a NYC-based company:
    Strong Technology LLC ("AS54203"). This one deals with free
    hosting, VPN & the like. Methinks, complaint messages or
    a mere "inquiry" to their Big Apple HQs might help.

    Lutz

    Which groups are affected?

    comp.text.tex is being heavily flooded, which is a shame as it is still an active group.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Pierre on Fri Nov 10 13:57:46 2023
    On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 10:48:17 +0000, Pierre <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <uifg2h$1gqqm$[email protected]>, Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
    New flood (seemingly by the same source) with spam referring
    to all kind of ... software (tools and for entertainment),
    which has been ... "cracked" ("free licenses", "free serial
    numbers", "full episodes", "dubbing"/"subtitles" in other
    languages, such as (Hindi, Tagalog"). And by making use of
    far more free-access servers, many (most??) of them being
    located rather in Europe and North America. Many if not all
    of them seemingly being coordinated by a NYC-based company:
    Strong Technology LLC ("AS54203"). This one deals with free
    hosting, VPN & the like. Methinks, complaint messages or
    a mere "inquiry" to their Big Apple HQs might help.

    Lutz

    Which groups are affected?

    comp.text.tex is being heavily flooded, which is a shame as it is still an >active group.

    in < comp.text.tex > all message-id and reference headers containing "googlegroups.com" total over **forty seven thousand** (47165) since
    3 Oct 2023, with over **forty one thousand** (41066) of these since
    1 Nov 2023 and counting . . . otherwise this group looks active and interesting, e.g. "CTAN ... TeX user groups ... https://ctan.org" ...

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Andrew on Fri Nov 10 13:15:53 2023
    On Fri, 10 Nov 2023 11:01:25 +0100, Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: >D wrote:
    On Thu, 9 Nov 2023 19:05:40 -0600, David Ritz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Thursday, 09 November 2023 08:33 +0100,
    in article <uii1vj$23j24$[email protected]>,
    Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 08.11.2023 17:18, The Doctor wrote:
    Which groups are affected?
    AFAI am concerned especially sci.lang. BTW, now the same spammer's
    software has been making use of various disseminators - for almost each >>>> spam post a different server, i.e., each message bears a different IP
    number in its header / "injection-info". e.g.:
    5.182.110.197
    102.129.235.85
    173.195.15.239
    212.102.49.206
    146.70.38.55
    216.131.88.41
    216.131.104.15
    209.107.196.81
    103.175.51.183
    95.181.237.20
    These appear to all be VPNs running anonymizing forwarding proxies.
    Look ups via https://spur.us/context/$IP .

    no idea what their purpose could be for such massive and systematic
    spamming of unmoderated usenet newsgroups, relying predominantly on
    googlegroups in combination with similarly deaf usenet news servers,
    and not only the vast quantity but unequivocally detestable content
    which altogether must be part of a much larger propaganda operation

    (using Tor Browser 13.0.1)
    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=lookup+ip+VPN+proxy+tor

    I see it as a DOS attack, probably initiated by one of the trolls which
    have infested Usenet for years.

    right . . . there's nothing to see here . . . keep moving . . . keep moving . . .

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  • From The Doctor@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Nov 10 14:54:29 2023
    In article <[email protected]>,
    Pierre <[email protected]> wrote:
    The Doctor <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <uifg2h$1gqqm$[email protected]>, Lutz Beck <[email protected]> wrote:
    New flood (seemingly by the same source) with spam referring
    to all kind of ... software (tools and for entertainment),
    which has been ... "cracked" ("free licenses", "free serial
    numbers", "full episodes", "dubbing"/"subtitles" in other
    languages, such as (Hindi, Tagalog"). And by making use of
    far more free-access servers, many (most??) of them being
    located rather in Europe and North America. Many if not all
    of them seemingly being coordinated by a NYC-based company:
    Strong Technology LLC ("AS54203"). This one deals with free
    hosting, VPN & the like. Methinks, complaint messages or
    a mere "inquiry" to their Big Apple HQs might help.

    Lutz

    Which groups are affected?

    comp.text.tex is being heavily flooded, which is a shame as it is still an >active group.

    More for solcail media blasting!
    --
    Member - Liberal International This is [email protected] Ici [email protected]
    Yahweh, King & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism ; unsubscribe from Google Groups to be seen Lest we forget 11 Nov 2023 Beware https://mindspring.com

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