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31 May 02 - 08:17 PM (#720820) Subject: BS: Email from MS? From: Jon Freeman Just received a message "from" "inet@microsoft.com". It contains 3 attachments and the message says "This is a very good tool. I wish you would enjoy it" Here are the headers.
Return-path: <impexp@formil.com.br> Jon |
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31 May 02 - 08:30 PM (#720829) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: McGrath of Harlow I wouldn't trust that. I imagine you are posting it here because you don't either. |
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31 May 02 - 08:36 PM (#720831) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Jon Freeman I'm still trying to research McGrath. I posted here first as I have yet to find an answer and certainly do not trust it. Perhaps I'm scaremongoring here in which case I apologies. The most likely bit I have found is that it maybe Klez2. Bottom line as awlays is don't open attachments you don't understand... Jon |
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31 May 02 - 08:52 PM (#720840) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: khandu I am releived. I thought someone was complaining about an email from Mississippi! khandu |
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31 May 02 - 09:06 PM (#720848) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Mountain Dog Hi, Jon Best advice is don't open any of the attachments. Instead, run each of them through your virus checker and I'd be willing to be you come up with alarms blazing on one or all of them. MS doesn't send out unsolicited e-mails and the clunky grammar is another clue that it's probably virus-laden junk. As a matter of course, anytime I receive an email attachment promising "something you'll enjoy" from someone I don't know, I run it over once or twice with the ol' cyber-steamroller and send it sailing over the backyard fence.
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31 May 02 - 09:21 PM (#720853) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Amergin i agree...run....fast... there is a bug going around that poses as all sorts of fairly innocent things...including email bounce back notices.... |
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31 May 02 - 09:48 PM (#720863) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Giac Thanks, Nathan, for the "email bounce back" warning. While I routinely trash everything except personal email from folks I know, I do usually check the bouncebacks. Mary |
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01 Jun 02 - 04:41 AM (#720994) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Gareth B*****r, I've just opened a "bounceback" alledging that The McGrath is unobtainable. Virus checker to run - fast. Gareth |
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01 Jun 02 - 05:06 AM (#720995) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Escamillo "anytime I receive an email attachment promising "something you'll enjoy" from someone I don't know.." That's ok, but add this: "OR EVEN FROM MY MOTHER". There are lots of viruses and worms and spies circulating around, which are sent by infected PCs without consent from the sender. A good trick to avoid becoming an unintentional distributor: enter !!!000 as an address in your list. If an undetected worm in your PC tries to send itself to your list, it will be stopped by Outlook Express rendering an error of "invalid e-mail address" and you will notice it. If you want to send a massive distribution to your list (hardly necessary), delete that address first. Thanks for the tip on bounced mail: surely it is yet another trick to call your attention to the message. Un abrazo - Andrés |
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01 Jun 02 - 05:16 AM (#720997) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Bonnie Shaljean In the "Technical Worm Alert" thread, GUEST Pavane writes: "... note that there does appear to be a fake virus warning email circulating which purports to come from MICROSOFT. The supposed patch itself contains a virus so DO NOT INSTALL IT. MICROSOFT does not issue patches by unsolicited email." I'd dump it and head for the hills - |
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01 Jun 02 - 06:15 AM (#721006) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Mac Tattie I have recieved some e-mails fron "Microsoft" but my Norton anit-virus ALWAYS gives warning of "virus like activity". Better to delete any "ify" e-mails than have a quick peek. cheers |
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01 Jun 02 - 07:00 AM (#721013) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: GUEST,andi Not only does Mirosoft not send unsolicited emails, but you have to sign up for and give express consent to get emails from Microsoft. I would be extreemly warry of this. if you do not have a virus scan there is a free one on line by grissoft that is very good. Download it and use it please. I see the effets of not using a virus scan everyday please do not fall vitim. andi |
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01 Jun 02 - 07:29 AM (#721019) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Jon Freeman Thanks for the info, I had no intention of opening it but I was curious to know about it. In any case, the only email program I'm using is kmail, a text only program on a linux box and I'd have to think hard before going to the trouble of opening any legitamate attachments that require Windows, be bothered with emails that contain HTML, etc. As for viruses and worms, I suspect I've been sent another one this morning. It arrived with the subject heading "hello jonbanjo, some questions" from someone in a newsgroup I've recently had some email correspondence with. Again it contained strange attachments. I've just sent him an email informing him. Jon |
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01 Jun 02 - 08:23 AM (#721029) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: McGrath of Harlow Yeah, I was going to check about that, Gareth - I was deleting all the things that looked like spam, using Mailwasher, which is handy and free), and I think I deleted and bounced something from you accidentally. (Send it again and I'll be more careful.) |
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01 Jun 02 - 08:44 AM (#721035) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Gareth Arrrgh ! D**n you Kevin, I've just spent over an hour updating and running Virus checkers, and generally cleaning, erasing, and disinfecting this machine !!!!! Gareth |
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01 Jun 02 - 12:14 PM (#721121) Subject: RE: BS: Email from MS? From: Joe Offer Seems to me that everybody who uses the Internet should be using virus checkers, and they should be updated twice a month, at least. I've been receiving the klez worm in Spam messages a lot lately, maybe once or twice a day. I'm sure glad Norton intercepts them. Even then, it's good to be very careful about opening attachments. -Joe Offer- |
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01 Jun 02 - 04:12 PM (#721223) Subject: RE: TECH: Email from MS? From: Jon Freeman Oh well, I've finally got round to scanning the attachments in Windows (something which on reflection, I should have done before). Even though the emails have different subjects, bodies and the attachments have different names, PC-Cillin detects them both as worm.klez.G Jon |