Re: A fake but good-looking Symantec site, with virus

From: Bullwinkel J. Moose (quincey.nyc_at_verizon.net)
Date: 06/26/04 

Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 18:55:05 GMT

You got no answer because symantec does not read messages to them. There are
a number of sites which give you a virus for which you need to buy their AV
product.

Beware. 

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Werner
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"Tim Murray" <no-spam@thankyou.com> wrote in message
news:0001HW.BD0302320002118EF02845B0@newsgroups.bellsouth.net...
> I got a very poorly worded, all-caps e-mail saying it was Symantec and
that I
> should promptly go to <http://www.symantec.ar.nu/>.  I have a computer
that
> is both a Mac and sacrificial, so I went to take a look.
>
> On the top of the initial page is a notice in red that "you have a virus",
> and do download some .exe file. I downloaded it, tested it, and of course,
it
> had a virus.
>
> The site is, generally, of utter professionalism ... it looks like they
> simply downloaded all of Symantec's real site.
>
> But this is not really the point of the story.  The point is that was
three
> days ago, and I've contact Symantec three times about it, figuring I'd at
> least get a "thanks-for-letting-us-know" reply.  But I've received no
reply,
> and the site is still up (I really thought Symantec would be powerful
enough
> to get it shut down pronto).
>

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