The Wolfkin ([info]jbennett) wrote,
@ 2008-05-07 19:25:00
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Entry tags:aim, hardwoodsalmon, virus

On completely random messaging
(7:13:38 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Hi.
(7:13:38 PM) MastrPrpht-AIM : out and about doing what needs be done
(7:13:52 PM) MastrPrpht-AIM: hello
(7:14:11 PM) HardWoodSalmon: who is this?
(7:14:29 PM) MastrPrpht-AIM: how interesting. I was just considering whether or not to ask you that very question
(7:14:53 PM) HardWoodSalmon: well I asked it first
(7:15:55 PM) MastrPrpht-AIM: I'm not sure how to respond though. What level of answer to you want. Well you IMd me so I can answer better if you tell me why you IMd me. Did I IM you>? did I show up on your buddylist?
(7:16:19 PM) HardWoodSalmon: you IMd me
(7:16:23 PM) HardWoodSalmon: and now I am blocking you

not sure what to make of this. I would be offended that I'm being blocked by someone I don't know. You can't take 3 minutes to get to the bottom of this? That's kind of a dick move. Then I remind myself that I don't care. I don't know HWS. Am I worried someone cracked my inpenetrable compound word password? no. couldn't care less. What are they going to do with my AIM account? It's not as if they're IMing my friends they're IMing strangers. Probably a fluke anyway. If I'd been insulting or childish I could understand the quickness but I'm responding like a human being. Nowadays you can't even get people you know to type full sentences much less people you don't know.

I'm on AIM all the time so I should know if I get logged on twice. Sometimes I do it and every time I get messaged. Since I don't have any unaccounted for I'm thinking maybe HWS typed in my name wrong. How trippy would it be if they got a message from my old account MstrPropht.

Well thanks to the comments I can see what is happening. I thought it was lame to get a Mac virus, but i haven't seen an AIM virus since the 90s. Almost as funny as catching the I love You virus. If you block out the initial 'hi' HWS's confusion makes more sense.


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[info]kneb
2008-05-07 11:46 pm UTC (link)
Unfortunately, I got a piece of this action too.

(7:26:15 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Hi.
(7:26:28 PM) mystylehastricks: hello
(7:26:36 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Hi.
(7:26:49 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Who are you?
(7:27:00 PM) mystylehastricks: lol, you messaged me
(7:27:07 PM) HardWoodSalmon: When?
(7:27:20 PM) mystylehastricks: just right now
(7:27:28 PM) mystylehastricks: (7:26:15 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Hi.
(7:26:28 PM) mystylehastricks: hello
(7:26:36 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Hi.
(7:26:49 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Who are you?
(7:27:00 PM) mystylehastricks: lol, you messaged me
(7:27:28 PM) HardWoodSalmon: I know. But you messaged me first
(7:28:32 PM) HardWoodSalmon: This is confusing..
(7:28:36 PM) mystylehastricks: sorry, bud, but i didn't respond until you messaged me first. i don't go around messaging random ppl.
(7:28:50 PM) mystylehastricks: you probably have a virus or are logged into multiple places.
(7:28:55 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Okay. Well I don't know you
(7:29:12 PM) mystylehastricks: i guess not
(7:29:19 PM) HardWoodSalmon: I've seen this screen name before.
(7:29:22 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Name?
(7:29:25 PM) mystylehastricks: ben
(7:29:30 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Ben....?
(7:30:03 PM) mystylehastricks: lol, if you don't know me then we shouldn't be talking.
(7:30:11 PM) mystylehastricks: and that's all you're getting.
(7:30:19 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Okay. Well my name is Megan.
(7:30:40 PM) mystylehastricks: i honestly don't know any megans
(7:30:47 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Are you from Pekin or any where around here? Because your last name wont make much of a difference if I don't know you. But if I do
(7:31:02 PM) mystylehastricks: pekin? where is that? i live in washington, dc.
(7:31:06 PM) HardWoodSalmon: never mind then
(7:31:29 PM) mystylehastricks: uhh, this is weird.
(7:31:40 PM) HardWoodSalmon: yea.
(7:31:44 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Bye.
(7:31:47 PM) mystylehastricks: take care
(7:31:49 PM) HardWoodSalmon: You too.

This is when I googled the SN and found your post:
(7:35:47 PM) mystylehastricks: check this out: http://jbennett.livejournal.com/296455.html
(7:35:50 PM) mystylehastricks: you have a virus
(7:36:04 PM) HardWoodSalmon: from where?
(7:36:19 PM) mystylehastricks: i don't know, but your computer is IMing random people
(7:36:33 PM) mystylehastricks: either that or your password was hacked
(7:36:49 PM) HardWoodSalmon: fuck.
(7:37:08 PM) mystylehastricks: do you use Windows?
(7:37:16 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Yes
(7:37:29 PM) mystylehastricks: back up your documents to an external hard drive and reinstall windows
(7:37:40 PM) mystylehastricks: that's my suggestion
(7:37:46 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Because I know how to do that.
(7:38:27 PM) mystylehastricks: look, being snarky isn't going to solve your problem.
(7:38:37 PM) HardWoodSalmon: I know.
(7:38:42 PM) HardWoodSalmon: I'm going to figure something out.
(7:38:46 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Thank you for the heads up.
(7:38:51 PM) mystylehastricks: no prob
(7:38:54 PM) mystylehastricks: good luck
(7:38:56 PM) HardWoodSalmon: Thanks

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what is with the tudes
[info]jbennett
2008-06-12 09:20 pm UTC (link)
First off I'm still not sure what is going on with these computers but I don't know why normal viruses would use AIM so I'm assuming this is an AIM virus. I'm not sure how lame you have to be to get an AIM virus in I haven't heard anyone else mention a non AIM protocol so that put you already at one level of lame. What really gets me is how often this person(s) are rude in the face of someone trying to help. Most people have been pretty polite when faced with this and HWS is rude a little too often for my taste.

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[info]khoalb
2008-05-08 12:52 am UTC (link)
I did a Google search for "HardWoodSalmon" and found your LJ entry. If it makes you feel any better, he just IMed me too.

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[info]a_chan01
2008-05-08 03:06 am UTC (link)
hahaha I love it :D They probably though you were crazy, a few of mine thought I was, even after I explained it.

And yes I'm randomly commenting on your livejournal O_O Sup?

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[info]sasukekun6
2008-06-12 01:19 am UTC (link)
I had this happen too randomly. It's the second time actually. I've had hardwoodsalmon and whimsicalsalmon message me. Apparently it's names ending in salmon. Upon talking to both further I found out that it's some sort of random program that sends out a message from the dummy name and then covers the real name with another salmon name.

Session Start (sasukekun6:HardWoodSalmon): Wed Jun 11 21:01:05 2008
[21:01] HardWoodSalmon: Hi.
[21:01] Me: hi
[21:01] HardWoodSalmon: hi whos this
[21:01] Me: you messaged me first
[21:01] HardWoodSalmon: no..you said Hi first actually..
[21:02] Me: nope.
[21:02] HardWoodSalmon: no sorry, i have no idea who this is i think you might have made a mistake
[21:02] Me: [21:01] HardWoodSalmon: Hi.
[21:01] Me: hi
[21:02] HardWoodSalmon: Um that's not my screenname though
[21:02] Me: That's what it's showing for me
[21:02] HardWoodSalmon: im ____________ not that.
[21:02] HardWoodSalmon: um no.
[21:03] Me: this is the second time a random screen name with salmon at the end has messaged me
[21:03] HardWoodSalmon: your screen name is DiurnaSalmon on my screen
[21:03] HardWoodSalmon: i have no idea what you're talking about.
[21:03] Me: mm my screenname is sasukekun6
[21:04] HardWoodSalmon: it says yours is DiurnalSalmon
[21:04] Me: well it's not.
[21:04] HardWoodSalmon: well mines not anything to do with that either.
[21:04] HardWoodSalmon: and i have no idea who you are.
[21:05] Me: same goes to you
[21:05] HardWoodSalmon: ok but i got the message randomly from you and idk hoyu.
[21:05] HardWoodSalmon: lol
[21:06] Me: mm it happened to me to. let's just cut this convo now. someones playing a trick with us methinks
[21:06] HardWoodSalmon: ok this is weird ive never seen this happen before. um, are you from MA? maybe i know you in real life and someones playing a trick that way.
[21:07] Me: nope
[21:07] HardWoodSalmon: hang on im gonna try to IM your real sn jsut to see if my real sn appears ok/
[21:07] Me: okay
Session Close (HardWoodSalmon): Wed Jun 11 21:08:52 2008
(I blocked the person's real screenname just if you were wondering about the ______)

P.S. Sorry for randomly commenting in your journal, haha)

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interesting.
[info]jbennett
2008-06-12 06:11 am UTC (link)
well that's interesting.. as you can see you're not the only one to comment on the issue. I welcome all comments.

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[info]night_avariel
2008-06-19 05:19 am UTC (link)
I googled "HardWoodSalmon" too and came upon this LJ entry. Found something that may solve a bit of the mystery.

[00:12] HardWoodSalmon: So, uh. I'm sorry about that. Really.
[00:12] *** Auto-response sent to HardWoodSalmon: Out and about, leave me one. :D
[00:12] Girl WoodElf: ?
[00:12] HardWoodSalmon: Oh, you don't have to be. I'm quite amiable about being salmon'd.
[00:12] Girl WoodElf: .....
[00:12] Girl WoodElf: Do I know you?
[00:12] HardWoodSalmon: The last girl I talked to gave me snail pictures! It was delightful!
[00:13] Girl WoodElf: Right.
[00:13] HardWoodSalmon: Oh, I'm sorry, did I mis-connect?
[00:13] HardWoodSalmon: Is this someone new?
[00:13] HardWoodSalmon: I'm new to this, my apologies.
[00:13] Girl WoodElf: I have no idea who you are.
[00:14] Girl WoodElf: I'm thinking this is someone's bot.
[00:14] HardWoodSalmon: Yes, sorry. Just trying something out. Didn't mean to bother you.
[00:14] HardWoodSalmon: Swim in peace.
[00:14] Girl WoodElf: Not a bother, just confusing
[00:15] Girl WoodElf: I've had several people with "Salmon" in their screen name attempt to add me to their friends list and then never appear online to talk.
[00:15] Girl WoodElf: Who are you, and where did you find my screen name? :)
[00:16] HardWoodSalmon: I don't have your screen name. The salmon bot connects usernames harvested from LiveJournal at random.
[00:17] Girl WoodElf: Gotcha. So, what's the purpose of the salmon bot?
[00:18] HardWoodSalmon: Just fun. Hooking people up. I've made a new friend. Who likes snails.
[00:18] Girl WoodElf: Neat. You're becoming famous on Livejournal, you know.
[00:19] HardWoodSalmon: Oh, I'm not the original botmaker. Just another salmon in the river of anonymouses.

Hopefully this can answer some questions. It's apparently some kind of bot.

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funny times
[info]jbennett
2008-06-19 05:36 am UTC (link)
i must admit i find this hilarious. it is indeed enlightening to learn LJ is being harvested.

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