Received in the mailbox with a Windows PIF file attached:
Subject: Notify about your e-mail account utilization.Incidentally, I happen to be the jacobsen.no team, so I know this is a fake, probably intended to pass me a virus, open up my PC to send spam emails or something similar.Parts/Attachments:
1 Shown 10 lines Text
2 12 KB Application
----------------------------------------Dear user of "Jacobsen.no" mailing system,
Our main mailing server will be temporary unavaible for next two days,
to continue receiving mail in these days you have to configure our free
auto-forwarding service.For more information see the attached file.
Best wishes,
The Jacobsen.no team http://www.jacobsen.no
I could imagine a lot of users falling for this scam...
Users anywhere: virus-check all email attachments. If in doubt about an email apprearing to be from a systems administrator - check with your admin before running anything!
F-secure's weblog has very good up-to-date information on the virus war that is raging quite heavily. I made an RSS feed to it, so I can constantly follow it and keep myself up-to-date as well.
It is available for free download @ http://www.vilpponen.net/antti/rss.php
F-secure's weblog: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/
Posted by: Antti Vilpponen on March 4, 2004 02:40 PMNasty!
Posted by: Remco on March 4, 2004 04:12 PMA few hours after I commented here - F-Secure began offering their own RSS feed. Here it is: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/weblog.rdf
Posted by: Antti Vilpponen on March 4, 2004 04:34 PMI got this version:
Dear user, the management of Bergersen.net mailing system wants to let you know that,
Some of our clients complained about the spam (negative e-mail content)
outgoing from your e-mail account. Probably, you have been infected by
a proxy-relay trojan server. In order to keep your computer safe,
follow the instructions.
Pay attention on attached file.
Have a good day,
The Bergersen.net team http://www.bergersen.net
Got the same thing from my university today. Just to make sure I sendt an e-mail to the postamaster there who, not surprisingly, told me it was a virus.
If this went out to all students at Copenhagen University today I can imagine loads of people running the attached .exe file..
Posted by: Vegard on March 4, 2004 07:00 PMAnders:
Wondering how you were able to read my blog, but thanks for posting the info. We'll have to see how this actually turns out, but the more I think about it it sounds more like an urban legend. Perhaps all the blogging will get the US Treasury's attention.
Posted by: Naotake on March 4, 2004 10:08 PMAnders:
Wondering how you were able to read my blog, but thanks for posting the info. We'll have to see how this actually turns out, but the more I think about it it sounds more like an urban legend. Perhaps all the blogging will get the US Treasury's attention.
Posted by: Naotake on March 4, 2004 10:09 PMHi Anders,
saw you comment in my blog - you say we met 5 years ago, but I have a shocking memory (and many students) so I am afraid it has disappeared from my mind (and I couldn't find your CV on your website without registering....). Apertura?
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