I might add to this thread that it is fairly common to see Yahoo Redirects in spam content these days. There are many forms... We also see redirects through excite, msn, and some unsuspecting corporate sites - usually referenced by IP.
_M | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John | Tolmachoff | Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:57 PM | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Subject: RE: [Declude.JunkMail] Hex Code URL's... | | | > This is a trick to make the user think that they're going | to a link on | > yahoo. Actually this is redirecting them to IP address: | > | > 0xD5.0xEF.0x8F.0x9A | > | > or 213.239.143.154 and then encode the path. | | Or even worse, it could be coded to access other parts of | your computer, such as Code Red virus. | | John Tolmachoff MCSE, CSSA | IT Manager, Network Engineer | RelianceSoft, Inc. | Fullerton, CA 92835 | www.reliancesoft.com | | | | | --- | [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] --- This E-mail came from the Declude.JunkMail mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.JunkMail". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com.
