> I can't decide if this is just random mischief, something else, or >someone really hoping to bring us down but who thinks we use Windows >computers (as if!! :)
It is a spam/trojan horse email (and not a well done one at that, as almost every time I have seen it, it fails to decode and just shows as the base64 encoded text). I don't think it is propigated from a virus (ie: someone else got hit and is now spreading it), but rather I think it might be pseduo targeted spam (coming from a single source that is hoping to nail a few suckers). I base this off the fact that all the ones I have recieved to date come in to addresses that would not logically be in anyone's address book, but are logical spam targets (webmaster, postmaster, domain contact addresses, or form addresses like you say it has hit, etc.). Viri normally propigate by sending copies to addresses found in someone's email client (either address book, or saved emails). But the ones I see hit wouldn't/shouldn't be in there, where as ones that WOULD be stored in an email client are not hit. Having never bothered to decode the file (I have gotten many of these), and analyse what it is trying to do, I can't tell you the intent behind it. My guess would be some kind of background tool for gaining control of your machine (maybe to zombify it, or for later searching for anythign of value). -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
