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