Re: Targeted by Hacker?
From: George Hester (hesterloli@hotmail.com)
Date: 01/01/03
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From: "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 16:37:50 -0500
I just want to point out that receiving these ~130KB attachments in Yahoo or elsewhere really has very little to do with your or anyone elses address book. Some but that is really not what is happening. Post anywhere your email address and now you are a potential victim. These SPAM sites you think they operate with a virus free machine? No. Your email gets on a list and now you are potential fodder for this kind of stuff. I get at least 10 or so a week. You can always tell the email is infected. It's relatively easy. Nobody that you know is going to seen you such a big email without some identifying means of letting you know that is what they are doing. The Klez virus stuff is generic. Just delete them. If it was important Oh big deal...
-- George Hester __________________________________ "Dave" <DDAAVVEE@juno.com> wrote in message news:05f201c2b108$cacea430$8af82ecf@TK2MSFTNGXA03... > Hi, > I get email via my Yahoo account on a daily basis from an > unidentifiable person. The email has an attachment, > usually 137kb in size. The subject of the email varies, > usually it says: "A Very Excite Game", or "A Very Powerful > Tool". I check my email headers, but a different address > appears every time. Sometimes I get two or three emails > from this person a day. My current, up-to-date NAV caught > one when I opened it (never again) and ID'd it as the Klez > E virus. I have three questions: > > 1)Can this capture my Yahoo password? > 2)What does this virus do? > 3)Is there a way (via IP address) to identify this person? > > My Info: > Home PC running W2k Pro > 56K Modem Dialup > Up-to-date NAV > No Firewall > No crap (AOL IM, Gator, etc) installed on system. > > Thanks MVP's! > Dave
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