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Old August 3rd 03, 05:38 AM
Roger Halstead
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On Sat, 02 Aug 2003 18:21:07 GMT, Jerry Wass
wrote:

thanks !!

James Lloyd wrote:

I just heard about that virus that is going around on TV.I found the
same e-mail that they spoke of when I turned on my e-mail.I saw that it
was sent to me and a lot of you guys from this list.So do not open an
e-mail that says to open a file to see what MS is doing about spam.This
is serious although it does not effect my web tv sys. it will your
comp.You can hear about it on cnn,fox,ect. Jim


Lordy...that virus has been wandering around in one form or another
since the first part of the year. I think I may have 30 or 40 copies
in at least three different guises if you want one. :-))

Some of them are real professional looking. They appear to be a MS web
page if you have HTML turned on. They even give the "proper" MS web
site addresses, unfortunately they are "spoofing" them and take you
else where. They are benign, *unless* you click on the "update".
:-))

There is another that "appears to be from e-bay" asking you to confirm
your account and that takes you to a site that appears exactly like
the e-bay site, "except" they ask for you account name, PW, and credit
card information.... There is also one going around from "Best Buy".
Again they use address spoofing.

Roger Halstead (K8RI EN73 & ARRL Life Member)
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