[SpamCop-List] Re: Mainsleaze Spam

[Herb Wolfe]

Porpoise wrote:

> "Mike Easter" <MikeE at ster.invalid> wrote in message 
> news:da1kfp$7sd$1 at news.spamcop.net...
> 
>>I think this is where I came in.
>>
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>>I wonder if Michael could clarify precisely what was clicked.  Could it
>>have been a subscription confirmatory link?
>>
>>I don't have a full picture of how insecurely he does whatever he does
>>in email or websites or subscribing or accidentally clicking things and
>>where he is and what he is doing when he is accidentally clicking them.
> 
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> I'm struggling with the same picture..... or, rather, lack of - it's not at 
> all clear what he "actually" did....... 
> 
> 

The impression I get from the original message is that Michael was 
dragging a scroll bar, the mouse slipped off the scroll bar and caused a 
click on an ad, which subscribed him to some list. As for how they got 
his home e-mail, rather than his hotmail address, it's rather simple. If 
he has that address stored in his browser settings, it can be read.