They are not so smart, after all, the email was supposed to come from montevideo.com.uy (Uruguay) and they wrote it in English... and those misterious "swtimirz" and "swtsmirm"... nobody, except me, (dummy mood) would have opened that htm file!!!!!!!!! So they better learn a few languages or just keep on programming for a living...:o)) Good morning, Ed Jorge At 07:14 a.m. 08/08/03 -0400, you wrote: >Good rule of thumb...don't open attachments, you are not expecting, even if >the sender is cloaked under one of you address book addresses. Let it sit in >your (?) box and check with the sender before opening it. These guys are >finding new ways of getting these things thru your and your ISP filters. >Good thing we have Symantec and McAffee that stay on top of these. Just make >sure you update your definitions daily. Too bad the world has to be so >cruel, and that these guys that waste so much time writing these v***s, >could not funnel their talent in a more positive direction, since they must >have a good understanding of the Windows operating system, and programming >language. > Disgruntled X-Microsoft employees that have gone to work for Symantec >and McAffee, to secure their jobs, is my guess. ;-) > >-Ed- >Ed Gaidies >Tel-Tek Electronics >Ontario-Canada >teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jorge Camboni" <geo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 1:23 AM >Subject: [TechAssist] ANOTHER V**** STRATEGY > > > > > > I just received this from -SUPPOSEDLY- one of my email accounts' hosts > > It carried a .zip attachment, if you opened the zip there was an HTML > > and then my AVG jumped on my neck saying something like: are you > > going to open this piece of **** and get thoroughly infected?? eeehh?? > > are you stupid or what??? > > So I said "or what" and erased a lovely newly born v***s > > You'd better not be so dumb as I was; do not even open > > the zip file.. (THEY ZIPPED THE SWEET THING SO AS > > TO GET TRHOUGH THE ISPs FILTERS) > > That reminded me that a couple of days ago I have received > > a warning from gbronline.com about that subject. I am not > > the first a****** who receives that kind of present... > > > > Thanks a lot to AVG software, it always keeps the > > v***s away from my HDDs, despite my silly clicks. > > Jorge > > > > > > >Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 19:24:14 -0300 (GMT-0300) > > >From: admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >To: Geo <geo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Reply-To: admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > >X-Mailer: The Bat! (v1.61) > > >Subject: your account swtimirz > > > > > > > > >Hello there, > > > > > >I would like to inform you about important information regarding your > > >email address. This email address will be expiring. > > >Please read attachment for details. > > > > > >--- > > >Best regards, Administrator > > >swtsmirm > > > > > > > > Jorge Camboni, GY Electronics, Richardson, TX > > > > >**************************************************************************** >* > > Classifieds! Buy or Sell! > > http://sell.tech-assist.org > > The Tech Address Book: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm > > Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm > > Lost Password: > > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". > > Email Archives: > > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > >***************************************************************************** >Classifieds! Buy or Sell! >http://sell.tech-assist.org >The Tech Address Book: >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm >Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: >http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm >Lost Password: >http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". >Email Archives: >//www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ Jorge Camboni, GY Electronics, Richardson, TX ***************************************************************************** Classifieds! Buy or Sell! http://sell.tech-assist.org The Tech Address Book: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/contact.htm Add a Repair Tip Here, or Change/Remove your Email Address: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/main.htm Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Lost your Login Info?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/