Re: Phishies (was Re: Virus)

[Bruce Johnson]

On Saturday, November 13, 2004, at 04:26 AM, Mikael Byström wrote:
Bruce Johnson said:
always go and enter the direct web
site address in your browser, log in and check from there.
Don't click on the link.
Good advice.
Odds are the link will look very real, too,
taking you to a realistic copy of the target's web site.
But, if the URL really does revolve around ebay.com, how could there be
any real risk clicking? To hijack the click the email sender would have
to intercept and take over the domain itself, no?
No. Most often you're shown a html mail, which will display the correct 
link, or an obsfucated link which shows the correct link but actually 
takes you to the wrong place. A clue look for a link with lots and lots 
of %'s in it, as % is the escape character for URL's.

--
"Wherever you go, there you are." - B. Banzai, Ph.D.
Bruce Johnson

--
G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and...
Small Dog Electronics    http://www.smalldog.com  | Refurbished Drives |
-- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks  |  & CDRWs on Sale!  |
     Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html>
G-Books list info:      <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html>
 --> AOL users, remove "mailto:";
Send list messages to:  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To unsubscribe, email:  <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/>

---------------------------------------------------------------
The Think Different Store
http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com
---------------------------------------------------------------