[GeoStL] Re: Virus Attacks
- From: "GC-RGS" <gc-rgs@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 22:00:17 -0600
And here is one I just received from support@xxxxxxxxxx
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Hello user of Swbell.net e-mail server,
Our antivirus software has detected a large ammount of viruses outgoing
from your email account, you may use our free anti-virus tool to clean up
your computer software.
For details see the attach.
The Management,
The Swbell.net team http://www.swbell.net
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The attachment looked like a text file but had a suffix of .PIF.
I've forwarded it to Abuse@xxxxxxxxxx
Like Mike said, be carefull what you open.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Griffin
To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 9:48 PM
Subject: [GeoStL] Virus Attacks
I thought I had posted this earlier but here's the scoop..
You will receive an email from someone at whatever.com that says your email
account has a problem. Open the attached zip file which, may or may not be
password protected, and follow those instructions. Once you open the archived
file, it's too late.. You will get a "Salad" of viruses.
Folks, I cannot stress enough, DO NOT OPEN ANY ATTACHMENTS FROM ANYONE UNLESS
YOU REQUESTED IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Virus scanners will not pick up password protected archive files.
I have gotten them from griffweb.com
Here is the text...
Dear user of e-mail server "Griffweb.com",
We warn you about some attacks on your e-mail account. Your computer may
contain viruses, in order to keep your computer and e-mail account safe,
please, follow the instructions.
For details see the attached file.
In order to read the attach you have to use the following password: 78228.
Have a good day,
The Griffweb.com team http://www.griffweb.com
It's funny because Griffweb.com is my own domain! If you use Charter or
whatever, you will get a similar message.. Today at work we had over 6000
emails in less than an hour with Zip attachments.
Serious stuff folks!
Mike
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