Ed Skinner wrote: > (I've removed the attachment for safety's sake and the body for brevity.) > I get one of these every few days. The body of the message claims it to > be a security advisory from Microsoft. It tells the recipient to open the > attached "patch.exe" file (yeah, right) and click "Yes". > As you can see from the header (below), microsoft.com is no where to be > found, only "confidence.com". I used "lynx" to visit that website (because > lynx is pretty darn close to harmless for things like java, etc.) and it > appears to be "parked" but not otherwise in use. > I'm guessing the "jyoung314@comcast.net" (see below) is some poor > Windows-user that the virus used as a springboard. (Does that mean that > jyoung has my email address "announce@rytetyme.com" in their address book? > Maybe I could send some highly focused advertising to them? Hah!) > Assuming this to be a virus/worm Email, where would I go to get more > information on it? > Thanks! http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=14800358 Alan