Author |
Message |
bh sterling
Master Baiter
Joined: 20 Jul 2007
Posts: 100
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:59 pm |
|
Hi...
I checked my RL email and saw--sender: lanka@ learnlink.emory.edu subject there is an ecard waiting for you. I didn't open it because there's no pending occasion at my place so I can't think why I would be receiving a card of any sort. Altho, a thinking about You card from someone special would be a real nice treat in my otherwise ordinary day, I'm now so paranoid from all the stuff I've read about what's been going on that I don't dare open it. What a shame, eh. |
|
|
|
|
persephone
Baiting Guru
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 2846
Location: land of cloggies
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:04 pm |
|
If you do not know the sender, don't open it. Good call ! |
_________________ a strange idiot tracked you down on arrival you moved with him like a christmas goat to a strange hell hotel and gave him paper or what you call money my ass. - J3ff Rich4rds
14 months and counting
I HAVE SEEN THAT YOU LOVE DOG SEX, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN COME TO AFRICA I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOTEL EXPENSES AT LEAST TO SATISFY THE DOG'S URGE - some banker
loads
x46 3x 2x 2x 2x 3x 9x 3x 2x 4 days of travel - 7 days stuck in airport |
|
|
|
Pastor Frank
Baiting Guru
Joined: 31 Jan 2007
Posts: 12237
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:07 pm |
|
Even if you DO know it is from I wouldn't open the attachment.
Quote: |
An executable type attachment should not be opened unless it was specifically requested or expected. Since email worms are sent to addresses found on infected users' machines, just knowing the sender is no proof of intent - they may well be infected. In fact, odds are an email worm will arrive from someone you know and the sender is oblivious to the viral email being sent from their machine. Worse, today's worms spoof the From address, so it may well be that it's not even from the person you think it is. If there's any question as to the intent |
Snipped from http://antivirus.about.com/od/securitytips/a/emailsafety.htm
Edit: This is the key phrase... "An executable type attachment should not be opened unless it was specifically requested or expected." E-Cards should be never be opened. Tell grandma to buy a stamp. |
_________________ "Father Juan are sure that you are man of God,because your behaviors showed you as unbeliever" -Mary R |
|
|
|
bh sterling
Master Baiter
Joined: 20 Jul 2007
Posts: 100
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:12 pm |
|
^Wow. What do you mean by 'spoof'?
edit: LOL--i just now saw your stamp remark
edit to question--not 'what' but how can they spoof? |
Last edited by bh sterling on Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:21 pm; edited 1 time in total |
|
|
|
OxygenDeprived
Baiting Guru
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Posts: 4138
Location: Crushing Lad's spirits, one at a time...
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:20 pm |
|
Spoofing is the ability to make an email look like it came from a different source. Using a legit looking source increases the odds that a victim will open any attachment inside w/o paying attention. |
_________________ Premium Membership | Need a Mentor? | Eater University
Kelv1n
Sandra, Owerri to Lagos 18+ months | Oga Mark - Dakar to St. Louis, Senegal
N4ncy & Yeb0ah - Accra to Abidjan | Barrister Stone 13+ months
PD Results: x18
AS Results: x4
x 15
x 3
x 56
138 sites killed |
|
|
|
Tsnerd
Not quite a Newb
Joined: 14 Jul 2005
Posts: 41
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:21 pm |
|
Quote: |
spoof the From address |
The emails claim to be from somebody you normally correspond with. I get emails from "my corporate office" with "That invoice you requested" files attached all of the time. |
_________________
Fakers: many, many, lots; an SSL and a couple of Resellers.
x 6
AH, AH, AH! Two little ! |
|
|
|
bh sterling
Master Baiter
Joined: 20 Jul 2007
Posts: 100
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:24 pm |
|
how do they do that, do you know? it kinda sounds like they would have to have access to your computer. i know Dell can do that dell.connect thing, which is quite futuristically weird... |
|
|
|
|
luckey
Moderator
Joined: 25 Jan 2007
Posts: 5672
Location: Check the lost and found
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:29 pm |
|
One method that does not involve spoofing is: some viruses can infiltrate your contact list in your email client (such as Outlook) and send a payload to everyone in there. So your Uncle or friend has a virus that emails itself to you, and it not only looks like it's from them, it is.
Isn't that clever? |
_________________ Moderator: \ˈmä-də-ˌrā-tər\: noun
A material which slows down neutrons after fission to speeds at which their probability for interaction with the fuel material is increased. |
|
|
|
bh sterling
Master Baiter
Joined: 20 Jul 2007
Posts: 100
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:37 pm |
|
My email is Yahoo and, since meeting the Eater crowd, gmail. Does that mean that I'm relatively safer than if I were using Outlook? |
|
|
|
|
persephone
Baiting Guru
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
Posts: 2846
Location: land of cloggies
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:39 pm |
|
I think it depends more on the firewall and how up to date your Anti virus is, than your email client. |
_________________ a strange idiot tracked you down on arrival you moved with him like a christmas goat to a strange hell hotel and gave him paper or what you call money my ass. - J3ff Rich4rds
14 months and counting
I HAVE SEEN THAT YOU LOVE DOG SEX, LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU CAN COME TO AFRICA I WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR HOTEL EXPENSES AT LEAST TO SATISFY THE DOG'S URGE - some banker
loads
x46 3x 2x 2x 2x 3x 9x 3x 2x 4 days of travel - 7 days stuck in airport |
|
|
|
OxygenDeprived
Baiting Guru
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Posts: 4138
Location: Crushing Lad's spirits, one at a time...
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:39 pm |
|
sybille wrote: |
how do they do that, do you know? it kinda sounds like they would have to have access to your computer. i know Dell can do that dell.connect thing, which is quite futuristically weird... |
There are programs out there you can buy to do it. <i>If </i> I remember correctly, spoofing is illegal, for the obvious reasons. Dell can have many email addresses for different departments. The "." period in the name means nothing; as my work email address has it to separate my first and last name in the address. |
_________________ Premium Membership | Need a Mentor? | Eater University
Kelv1n
Sandra, Owerri to Lagos 18+ months | Oga Mark - Dakar to St. Louis, Senegal
N4ncy & Yeb0ah - Accra to Abidjan | Barrister Stone 13+ months
PD Results: x18
AS Results: x4
x 15
x 3
x 56
138 sites killed |
|
|
|
OxygenDeprived
Baiting Guru
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
Posts: 4138
Location: Crushing Lad's spirits, one at a time...
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:42 pm |
|
sybille wrote: |
My email is Yahoo and, since meeting the Eater crowd, gmail. Does that mean that I'm relatively safer than if I were using Outlook? |
The infection mostly depends on yourself manually clicking on the .exe file in the email to start the process. Nothing is 100% safe, although most online email services scan incoming mail for suspicious email attachments (.zip or .exe for example) where as Outlook I don't think does it unless you turn the setting on. |
_________________ Premium Membership | Need a Mentor? | Eater University
Kelv1n
Sandra, Owerri to Lagos 18+ months | Oga Mark - Dakar to St. Louis, Senegal
N4ncy & Yeb0ah - Accra to Abidjan | Barrister Stone 13+ months
PD Results: x18
AS Results: x4
x 15
x 3
x 56
138 sites killed |
|
|
|
bh sterling
Master Baiter
Joined: 20 Jul 2007
Posts: 100
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:54 pm |
|
Thanks for the info, ...OxygenD, i just finished reading about your Parc3l D1r3ct -- human cargo, too, eh! |
|
|
|
|
kleindoofy
*** BANNED ***
Joined: 24 Oct 2004
Posts: 6248
Location: Europe
|
Posted:
Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:49 pm |
|
sybille wrote: |
... there is an ecard waiting for you. ... |
Is that really the first one you've ever received?
That spam has been going on for years. I wouldn't open an ecard even if my mother sent me one on my birthday and told me the exact hour it would arrive.
Tr�s dangerous. |
|
|
|
|
|