Trouble by email
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My wife got an email this morning, supposedly from newegg.com, thanking her for her recent purchase of a Sony laptop for around $2500. She called me at work to ask if I had bought it, and I told her, "No Way". So she became worried and told me that she had been trying to figure out what the attachment that came with it was. She sent me the attachment, a zip file named 376790411.zip. I opened it, and inside of it was one file named 376790411.exe. :doh::mad: I didn't run it, but my wife told me she had double-clicked on it several times and nothing had happened. :(( So now she's got who-knows-what running on her computer, although everything seems OK. When I get home tonight I'll see if I can figure out WTF it's doing. In the mean time, I'm having her run Ad-Aware. Needless to say, she learned her lesson, but I can't say I blame her for falling into that clever trap. :sigh: Alvaro
Do we think that the ancient Greek gods still exist? How about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? Of course not. There is no verifiable evidence for any supernatural guy in a red suit, magic rabbit, or gods. Just like it’s hypothetically possible for a ’57 Chevy to be orbiting Mars, some gods are also hypothetically possible, but ridiculously improbable. So, let’s be honest with ourselves and look at the world with open eyes, as it actually is. - Mark Thomas
Alvaro Mendez wrote:
I can't say I blame her for falling into that clever trap.
Random attachment, from an unknown sender containing an executable file.... You seriously think this is a clever trap? Personally, I tell my friends/family that they should not open ANY attachment unless they have verified that it is a known sender, and that sender knows they sent the attachment.
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Hello Alvaro, You could also ask her to do an online virus check here http://housecall.trendmicro.com/[^]
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blogNishant Sivakumar wrote:
You could also ask her to do an online virus check here http://housecall.trendmicro.com/\[^\]
Thanks, will do. Regards, Alvaro
Do we think that the ancient Greek gods still exist? How about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? Of course not. There is no verifiable evidence for any supernatural guy in a red suit, magic rabbit, or gods. Just like it’s hypothetically possible for a ’57 Chevy to be orbiting Mars, some gods are also hypothetically possible, but ridiculously improbable. So, let’s be honest with ourselves and look at the world with open eyes, as it actually is. - Mark Thomas
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Alvaro Mendez wrote:
I can't say I blame her for falling into that clever trap.
Random attachment, from an unknown sender containing an executable file.... You seriously think this is a clever trap? Personally, I tell my friends/family that they should not open ANY attachment unless they have verified that it is a known sender, and that sender knows they sent the attachment.
J4amieC wrote:
Random attachment, from an unknown sender containing an executable file.... You seriously think this is a clever trap?
I meant clever in the sense that the email's message about our credit card having been charged for something we hadn't really bought got her worried enough to open the attachment in search of more information. Bastards! :mad:
Do we think that the ancient Greek gods still exist? How about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? Of course not. There is no verifiable evidence for any supernatural guy in a red suit, magic rabbit, or gods. Just like it’s hypothetically possible for a ’57 Chevy to be orbiting Mars, some gods are also hypothetically possible, but ridiculously improbable. So, let’s be honest with ourselves and look at the world with open eyes, as it actually is. - Mark Thomas
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My wife got an email this morning, supposedly from newegg.com, thanking her for her recent purchase of a Sony laptop for around $2500. She called me at work to ask if I had bought it, and I told her, "No Way". So she became worried and told me that she had been trying to figure out what the attachment that came with it was. She sent me the attachment, a zip file named 376790411.zip. I opened it, and inside of it was one file named 376790411.exe. :doh::mad: I didn't run it, but my wife told me she had double-clicked on it several times and nothing had happened. :(( So now she's got who-knows-what running on her computer, although everything seems OK. When I get home tonight I'll see if I can figure out WTF it's doing. In the mean time, I'm having her run Ad-Aware. Needless to say, she learned her lesson, but I can't say I blame her for falling into that clever trap. :sigh: Alvaro
Do we think that the ancient Greek gods still exist? How about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? Of course not. There is no verifiable evidence for any supernatural guy in a red suit, magic rabbit, or gods. Just like it’s hypothetically possible for a ’57 Chevy to be orbiting Mars, some gods are also hypothetically possible, but ridiculously improbable. So, let’s be honest with ourselves and look at the world with open eyes, as it actually is. - Mark Thomas
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Ray Cassick wrote:
Clever?
Clever for a non-tech user.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog -
My wife got an email this morning, supposedly from newegg.com, thanking her for her recent purchase of a Sony laptop for around $2500. She called me at work to ask if I had bought it, and I told her, "No Way". So she became worried and told me that she had been trying to figure out what the attachment that came with it was. She sent me the attachment, a zip file named 376790411.zip. I opened it, and inside of it was one file named 376790411.exe. :doh::mad: I didn't run it, but my wife told me she had double-clicked on it several times and nothing had happened. :(( So now she's got who-knows-what running on her computer, although everything seems OK. When I get home tonight I'll see if I can figure out WTF it's doing. In the mean time, I'm having her run Ad-Aware. Needless to say, she learned her lesson, but I can't say I blame her for falling into that clever trap. :sigh: Alvaro
Do we think that the ancient Greek gods still exist? How about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? Of course not. There is no verifiable evidence for any supernatural guy in a red suit, magic rabbit, or gods. Just like it’s hypothetically possible for a ’57 Chevy to be orbiting Mars, some gods are also hypothetically possible, but ridiculously improbable. So, let’s be honest with ourselves and look at the world with open eyes, as it actually is. - Mark Thomas
They're deceptive bastards aren't they! :mad: So many people don't seem to know about phishing and these kind of tricks. They just happily forward on chail letters and click on EXE's. Well this is where my idea comes in... how about a chain letter that warns against this kind of thing? It might be the first chain letter with actual useful information. Are chain letters illegal? I doubt it. Hopefully people would learn from it and send it on to everyone they know. Would it work?
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
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They're deceptive bastards aren't they! :mad: So many people don't seem to know about phishing and these kind of tricks. They just happily forward on chail letters and click on EXE's. Well this is where my idea comes in... how about a chain letter that warns against this kind of thing? It might be the first chain letter with actual useful information. Are chain letters illegal? I doubt it. Hopefully people would learn from it and send it on to everyone they know. Would it work?
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
~ Web SQL Utility - asp.net app to query Access, SQL server, MySQL. Stores history, favourites.
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My wife got an email this morning, supposedly from newegg.com, thanking her for her recent purchase of a Sony laptop for around $2500. She called me at work to ask if I had bought it, and I told her, "No Way". So she became worried and told me that she had been trying to figure out what the attachment that came with it was. She sent me the attachment, a zip file named 376790411.zip. I opened it, and inside of it was one file named 376790411.exe. :doh::mad: I didn't run it, but my wife told me she had double-clicked on it several times and nothing had happened. :(( So now she's got who-knows-what running on her computer, although everything seems OK. When I get home tonight I'll see if I can figure out WTF it's doing. In the mean time, I'm having her run Ad-Aware. Needless to say, she learned her lesson, but I can't say I blame her for falling into that clever trap. :sigh: Alvaro
Do we think that the ancient Greek gods still exist? How about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? Of course not. There is no verifiable evidence for any supernatural guy in a red suit, magic rabbit, or gods. Just like it’s hypothetically possible for a ’57 Chevy to be orbiting Mars, some gods are also hypothetically possible, but ridiculously improbable. So, let’s be honest with ourselves and look at the world with open eyes, as it actually is. - Mark Thomas
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ad-aware probably won't cut it. I would reformat the computer. A little paranoia in this case is justified imo
dighn wrote:
I would reformat the computer. A little paranoia in this case is justified imo
Reformat, that's all? I was already looking for a brand new computer... ;P
Do we think that the ancient Greek gods still exist? How about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? Of course not. There is no verifiable evidence for any supernatural guy in a red suit, magic rabbit, or gods. Just like it’s hypothetically possible for a ’57 Chevy to be orbiting Mars, some gods are also hypothetically possible, but ridiculously improbable. So, let’s be honest with ourselves and look at the world with open eyes, as it actually is. - Mark Thomas
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dighn wrote:
I would reformat the computer. A little paranoia in this case is justified imo
Reformat, that's all? I was already looking for a brand new computer... ;P
Do we think that the ancient Greek gods still exist? How about Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny? Of course not. There is no verifiable evidence for any supernatural guy in a red suit, magic rabbit, or gods. Just like it’s hypothetically possible for a ’57 Chevy to be orbiting Mars, some gods are also hypothetically possible, but ridiculously improbable. So, let’s be honest with ourselves and look at the world with open eyes, as it actually is. - Mark Thomas
Alvaro Mendez wrote:
I was already looking for a brand new computer...
Or to be safer, move to a new apartment (or house). :-D
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blog -
Alvaro Mendez wrote:
I was already looking for a brand new computer...
Or to be safer, move to a new apartment (or house). :-D
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. Also visit the Ultimate Toolbox blogNishant Sivakumar wrote:
Or to be safer, move to a new apartment
For that matter try a new continent, I wouldn’t imagine Antarctica gets a whole lotta spam. :)
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