He doesn't have a hotmail or I.M. account that I am aware of. Jim
> -----Original Message----- > From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:40 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Rumour - Spammers control "New mail desktop alert" ? > > Was it the Outlook alert or Hotmail alert? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Helfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:54 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: Rumour - Spammers control "New mail desktop alert" ? > > > OK, this is a bit of a weird one, but this is from a first > hand account > from my boss, who is not given to hallucinations or flights of fancy. > <g>. > > The story goes that a piece of Spam was received in the Inbox, and a > "New > Mail Desktop Alert" (the little transparent email preview that apears > above > the system tray). Happens all the time, except this time it was > different. > > > The preview stayed for at least a minute, and displayed a "hand" icon > and a > "Click Me" message. Neither of these were evident in the > mail message. > > > Is it possible that this feature could be under pogrammatic > control by > the > bad guys? Anyone else seen anything weird like this? > > We are running OL 2003, connected to a Exchange 5.5 sp4 server. > > Jim Helfer > WTW Architects > Pittsburgh PA > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=& > lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Web Interface: > http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&t > ext_mode=&lang=english > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]