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This is kind of strange... I got this in the mail... What is the purpose of this and what exactally is it supposed to do on Slackware anyway, even IF sbc would let me download it?
Linuxquestions.net takes me to linuxquestions.org in my browser so I thought I would let everyone know about it... Cheers!
Code:
"Your SBC Yahoo! Mail Virus Protection detected the virus
'"W32.Beagle@mm!zip"' in the file '"Attach.zip"', attached to the enclosed email
message. We scanned the file using Norton AntiVirus but were unable to
clean it. Therefore, we removed the content of the attachment from the
message. Please contact the message sender if you want to receive the
attachment. They must clean the file and resend it before we can deliver it
to you safely."
"SBC Yahoo! Mail successfully cleans most infected attachments, which
protects you from viruses."
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Authentication-Results: mta826.mail.sc5.yahoo.com
from=linuxquestions.net; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)
X-Originating-IP: [209.212.118.139]
Return-Path: <114398@linuxquestions.net>
Received: from 207.115.63.49 (EHLO vml-ext.prodigy.net)
(207.115.63.49)
by mta826.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 12:56:47
-0800
X-Header-NoReverseIP: IP.name.lookup.failed[209.212.118.139]
X-Originating-IP: [209.212.118.139]
Received: from Eugenework ([209.212.118.139])
by vml-ext.prodigy.net (8.12.10 083104/8.12.10) with SMTP id
iBGKtuja344732
for <jongrosshart@sbcglobal.net>; Thu, 16 Dec 2004 15:55:58 -0500
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 22:55:59 +0200
To: jongrosshart@sbcglobal.net
Subject: ^_^ mew-mew (-:
From: 114398@linuxquestions.net
Message-ID: <clrrwmiwcjukusryaux@linuxquestions.net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="--------ijtnwihrddkhloucxojx"
----------ijtnwihrddkhloucxojx
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
I don't bite, weah!
password: 35321
----------ijtnwihrddkhloucxojx
Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="Attach.zip"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="Attach.zip"
----------ijtnwihrddkhloucxojx--
this is presumably using a spoofed address. there is no LQ.org user with that name, and being webmail only an address on lq.net (our free email service) couldn't send somethign like that through.
Hehe.. its like a few weeks ago a guy at work said I couldn't send him an email and make it look like it was sent by G. Bush at whitehouse.gov.. well, he was wrong and it was a damn funny email I sent him to prove him wrong..
Yea, Thats what I figured. Obviously it was more than likely someone here on the forums but why would a linux user send another linux user a windows virus?
Funny stuff.... Thanks...
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