Started getting this one in the mail yesterday: w32.beagle.k. Only a danger for Windows (w32 = Windows 32 bit,) but everyone can receive it and spread it. The only thing of note here is that it spoofs some sort of "management" account on the domain it is sending to, and warns that your email account is about to be shut down. That's a pretty good ploy. So, obviously, don't believe any email messages coming from management@, administration@, staff@, noreply@, support@ digitalmediatree.com.
The tip off should be that the "fix" for the non existent email account problem (i.e., the virus) is included as an attachment you are supposed to open. No real support staff would distribute a patch this way. A real email would direct you to a web page where you would download the patch.
thanks. I got this message yesterday too - and have to say was in a bit of a panic..
Yesterday I got an email with chinese charactors in the subject line, a first for me. The first line read "this is funny" the attachment was titled "stolen" the two pages of text were also chinese charactors. The sender seemed to come from here. Chinese search engine?
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The tip off should be that the "fix" for the non existent email account problem (i.e., the virus) is included as an attachment you are supposed to open. No real support staff would distribute a patch this way. A real email would direct you to a web page where you would download the patch.
- jim 3-04-2004 6:24 pm
thanks. I got this message yesterday too - and have to say was in a bit of a panic..
- selma 3-04-2004 6:38 pm
Yesterday I got an email with chinese charactors in the subject line, a first for me. The first line read "this is funny" the attachment was titled "stolen" the two pages of text were also chinese charactors. The sender seemed to come from here. Chinese search engine?
- steve 3-04-2004 7:43 pm