I just wanted to check and warn of a nasty listtle spamming that almost
fooled me (who said: 'not that hard'?).
I had a mail from me to me (overtly) and I sometimes send things to myself
so I looked. It contained a zip 'work and taxes' and the headers contain
this:
To: "Josephharris" <[EMAIL PR
Not sure about the spam, but I know what the danger of work and taxes is:
If you work, you got to pay taxes!
Will
On 8/13/05 7:18 AM, "Joseph Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just wanted to check and warn of a nasty listtle spamming that almost
> fooled me (who said: 'not that hard'?).
>
Joseph,
No, it's not new at all. In fact, IIRC it was one of the first dodges the
scumbags used back when spamming was a relatively unsophisticated scattergun
process, back before the sub-genres of pharming, phishing, etc. came on the
scene. There is mass-mailing software available which will
Great post. I, too, do all of those things. I would add one more that I do
as a matter of course:
If a message looks suspicious, even just as spam, I read the message thusly:
1. Right-click on the email message, within email list (preview pane is
off).
2. Select PROPERTIES.
3. Click the DETA
Probably doc.zip: Virus I-Worm/Mytob.AA.
Want to be secure: don't use Outlook! Don't allow ActiveX to run on your machine
whilst surfing!
and
Be very paranoid...
- Original Message -
From: "Joseph Harris"
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 11:18 PM
Subject: [wdvltalk] [OT] spam menace
AND
Use Mac. http://www.apple.com/switch/
*Ducks and runs*
Will
On 8/13/05 5:22 PM, "michael ensor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Want to be secure: don't use Outlook! Don't allow ActiveX to run on your
> machine
> whilst surfing!
> and
> Be very paranoid...
The WDVL Dis
OR we should all become penguins
- Original Message -
From: "William Stewart"
Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] [OT] spam menace from Korea
: AND
:
: Use Mac. http://www.apple.com/switch/
:
: *Ducks and runs*
:
: Will
: On 8/13/05 5:22
