Hi,
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 07:15:51PM +0200, Oliver Schwartz wrote:
> in the last two days I received two emails with faked addresses that
> claimed to be sent via sane-devel (but in fact were not). Both emails
> contained a .pif file which, I assume, contains a virus. DO NOT OPEN
> THIS FILE.
=2DBEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Hi,
in the last two days I received two emails with faked addresses that=20
claimed to be sent via sane-devel (but in fact were not). Both emails=20
contained a .pif file which, I assume, contains a virus. DO NOT OPEN=20
THIS FILE.
The sender names
> [...ordinary address-forging virus infection attempts...]
> I don't think such mails can be prevented,
Actually, they can be, very simply. Just don't run Windows. (This not
only prevents you from originating them, it also prevents you from
falling victim to those others, less careful, send out
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
hmm,.
I've seen that bug before. its a known windows trojan that scans for e-mail
addresses and clips of e-mails and hijacks your box to send out via its own
smtp engine. guess I'll be expecting a copy to land here as well.
fortunately, these e-mail
