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Other => Computer News => Topic started by: Flame on November 02, 2005, 03:36:08 PM

Title: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: Flame on November 02, 2005, 03:36:08 PM

This afternoon, I checked my MSN inbox, and found a message from a friend on mine, which included a forwarded message... This message that he sent APPEARS to be legit, but shows evidence of being FRAUD! The E-Mail says that your account will be deleted unless you forward this message to fifteen others... So what's the security issue? Well, (1) its probably fake, and (2) the image was blocked by the MSN security scanner for virus-like reasons... Below is the complete message you may see...
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Dear Hotmail User,

We understand that you have previously received many messages that stated the closing of accounts not being used within our servers. This message, however, is your final warning. Within this message is encoded a small program that will located and debug your account when sent to fifteen other hotmail users. If you do not send this message to fifteen Hotmail users within 24 hours of receiving this message, your account will be PERMANETLY SHUT-DOWN. When and if you send this, we hereby grant that you will no longer receive such messages at this one.

We realize that this process is becoming an annoyance, however, this is the final message you will receive from the Hotmail Announcement Staff. Thank you for your time and cooperation.


Sincerely,

Calvin W. Kreantz
MSN Accounts Coordinator
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Also, this message comes out in a .gif picture file... I just took the liberty of typing it to warn everyone  ;)  I have just E-Mailed Microsoft to find out if this is a real message, and will be awaiting a reply for the next 24 hours at least. If you see this E-Mail (or one like it) around now, I would suggest waiting until I receive a reply from Microsoft... Because this message contains a virus... You don't want to send it to a friend or friends... I will keep you updated...  ;)

[glb]Flame[/glb]

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: merlin_2 on November 02, 2005, 03:47:26 PM

no need to update/


http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/hotmail.html

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: Flame on November 02, 2005, 03:54:22 PM

Nice find Merlin! Hopefully Microsoft will at least be aware now...

[glb]Flame[/glb]

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: merlin_2 on November 02, 2005, 06:00:13 PM

All msoft cares in conning people to buy software they dont need.......await winvis......con......

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: GX1_Man on November 02, 2005, 06:15:00 PM

Quote

All msoft cares in conning people to buy software they dont need.

Well, we can agree on that. Where do you want to go today? (And how much do you need to spend to get there?)

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: Raptor on November 10, 2005, 12:47:18 PM

Congratulations. You've just bothered yourself with meaningless spam.  ;)

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: GX1_Man on November 10, 2005, 01:06:42 PM

The Spam Master has been retired by Admin.

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: Raptor on November 10, 2005, 04:07:16 PM

I actually meant the E-mail that Flame quoted.

The creator got exactly what he wanted. Have people worry.

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: Blackberry on November 18, 2005, 10:09:22 AM

i got this email 2 in my inbox :-/

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: Raptor on November 20, 2005, 07:34:34 AM

You're going to get a lot more if you don't stop digging up older threads.

Title: Re: IMPORTANT SECURITY ALERT!
Post by: GX1_Man on November 26, 2005, 06:36:07 PM

Get him Raptor! Grrrr!  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(