Malware (Was: Re: (no subject))

[Alan Dayley]

These are bogus.  It is the latest phishing/infection/malware incarnation
to get people to run attachments.

I got one this morning from "service at consultpros.com" with an attached EXE
file.  consultpros.com is my domain name and I did not send it to myself! 
Mike's "txt" file is probably a renamed EXE of the same ilk which Windows
would happily execute if opened.

Don't open any unexpected attachments from anyone!  Period!  Exclamation
point!  This hold true for Linux users too!

I feel sorry for the many uneducated Windows users who will fall for this
trick.

Alan

On Wed, September 20, 2006 9:55 am, Nathan England wrote:
>
> My first reaction is, if it is real, they are going to be able to provide
> some
> form of proof, and by sending me an email with a reply address of
> 'noreply'
> makes me believe it is fake. If it was serious, it would be 'support' or
> something credible where you could reply to it and ask questions.
>
> Then again, we are talking about Cox, who are known for their excellent
> tech
> support, right?> lol
>
> On Wednesday 20 September 2006 09:45, bmike101 at cox.net wrote:
>>  I got an email today. Please read and let me know what you think. I
>> think
>> it is not whom it purports to be because the attachment is not titled
>> appropriately. I wouldn't have opened it anyways but just the same!
>>
>>  From:  MAILER-DAEMON <noreply at cox.net>
>>
>>  Date:  Thursday, September 7, 2006 1:18 PM
>>
>>  To:  bmike101 at cox.net
>>
>>  Subject:  bmike101 at cox.net
>>
>>  Size:  2 KB
>>
>>  Attachments:  Deleted0.txt (0.2 KB)
>>
>> Dear user of cox.net,
>>
>> Your email account was used to send a huge amount of junk email during
>> the
>> last week.
>> Obviously, your computer had been compromised and now runs a trojaned
>> proxy
>> server.
>>
>> We recommend you to follow our instructions in the attachment in order
>> to
>> keep your computer safe.
>>
>> Have a nice day,
>> The cox.net support team.
>>
>>
>> Open Attachment Deleted0.txt
>>
>>
>>
>>
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