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| P: 9/23/2003 4:00:43 PM | |
winyan Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,144 Last Post: 11/1/2006 Member Since: 5/9/2003 |
I had over 200 of these in my e-mail last nite! BEWARE! win Larry Seltzer: Security Update Another Fake Microsoft Message Worm Hits There have been several well-known worms that appeared as support messages from Microsoft, the most famous and successful of which was SoBig.B. They were all simple text messages though. The newest attack, known as Swen or Gibe, is much more professional looking. It is well-formatted, uses real graphics from Microsoft and has a lot of attention to detail. It also has an executable attachment, which the message tries to pass off as a security patch. This is something Microsoft never does. If you ever get an executable attached to a message from a vendor you can take it as a strong sign that the message is not what it appears to be. The message was also not digitally signed, which all real security messages from Microsoft are supposed to be. Microsoft has violated this policy themselves on occasion, but it's still a good reason to raise your suspicions. Don't be trusting of e-mail, it doesn't pay. "... (Corporations) have all the benefits of voters, without the guidance of a conscience. ... Corporations they will bring this country down." Theodore Roosevelt 1904 |
| Posted: 9/23/2003 4:00:43 PM | |
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| P: 9/23/2003 9:26:06 PM | |
Iceman Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,374 Last Post: 1/24/2008 Member Since: 8/26/2000 |
Thanks for the heads up. These people need jail time !
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| Posted: 9/23/2003 9:26:06 PM | |
| P: 9/24/2003 10:07:51 AM | |
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winyan Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,144 Last Post: 11/1/2006 Member Since: 5/9/2003 |
Even worse was an e-mail I got a couple of days ago, looking very official, saying my CC was going to be charged xxxxx dollars because I was guilty of ???criminal intent??? and they had to 'launder' the proceeds, then proceeded to ask for CC# and ex. date. I whois'd their extended header, found out the e-mail (purported to be from UK) was actually a DSL user in Cali, and sent the whole shebang out to the ISP and the FBI. Hopefully they'll get the malcreant. win "... (Corporations) have all the benefits of voters, without the guidance of a conscience. ... Corporations they will bring this country down." |
| Posted: 9/24/2003 10:07:51 AM | |
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