These are bogus. It is the latest phishing/infection/malware incarnation to get people to run attachments. I got one this morning from "service@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@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 >> >> Date: Thursday, September 7, 2006 1:18 PM >> >> To: bmike101@cox.net >> >> Subject: bmike101@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 >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Nathan England > PaysonLinux User Group > nathan@paysonlinux.org > http://www.paysonlinux.org/ > > Software Development > Website Development > Linux Administration > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss