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Greeneyes

Member Rara Avis

since 2000-09-09

Posts 9903
In Your Poetic Mind

0 posted 2003-05-20 10:54 AM

New virus spreading via faux Microsoft address

Beware of emails that claim to come from the Microsoft support team. They may be worms in disguise. Sophos, the U.K. firm, warned Monday that the worm Palyh or Mankx has begun spreading via a message with the return address support@microsoft.com It’s not a message from the software company, but rather an attached worm that invades the Windows folder and replicates itself through address books. Moscow’s Kaspersky Labs says that Palyh may secretly establish spyware programs as well, although Sophos says those claims are not substantiated. The spread so far has been slow, hitting 69 countries since Saturday, and the worm is slated to expire automatically on May 30.

I Have had several messages regading this, just an FYI-- it seems to be pretty "real"

Lauren~

Through the darkness
I can see your light
And you will always shine
And I can feel your heart in mine

I will remember you

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

1 posted 2003-05-20 11:58 AM

I just received this email not five minutes ago - and oddly enough - on my personal email account - not my Passions address.

The attachment says "Approved" with a number - and the file extension is .pif

Don't open it folks... I'm sure glad I didn't...

[This message has been edited by Nan (05-20-2003 12:09 PM).]

Midnitesun

Member Empyrean

since 2001-05-18

Posts 28647
Gaia

2 posted 2003-05-20 01:23 PM

THANK YOU FOR THE WARNING!

JP
Senior Member

since 1999-05-25

Posts 1343
Loomis, CA

3 posted 2003-05-20 01:53 PM

No worries here, I don't seem to get any email....

Yesterday is ash, tomorrow is smoke; only today does the fire burn.
Nil Desperandum, Fata viem invenient

Nan

Administrator

Member Seraphic

since 1999-05-20

Posts 21191
Cape Cod Massachusetts USA

4 posted 2003-05-20 08:49 PM

Would everyone please send JP an email?.. and make sure there's no virus in it??...

garysgirl

Member Laureate

since 2002-09-29

Posts 19237
Florida, USA

5 posted 2003-05-21 01:02 PM

THANK YOU, Lauren, for telling us.

JP, how do you keep from getting junk mail?
I want my regular e-mails from everybody that I
know, but not those companies that send me all kinds
of ads I've never heard of. They all say that
they got my address from somewhere. I block them
and get five or six more in their place. Ugh!!

Sunshine

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

6 posted 2003-05-21 01:06 PM

I think JP
thinks he only gets
junk e-mail and
deletes them all
before opening them...

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