Oultook 2003 now has a similar pop-up, and it is semi-transparent and fades away if you ignore it.
-----Original Message----- From: Eric Fretz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:41 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Rumour - Spammers control "New mail desktop alert" ? You mean MSN Messenger alert? That sounds like a MSN popup. Eric Fretz L-3 Communications ComCept Division 2800 Discovery Blvd. Rockwall, TX 75032 tel: 972.772.7501 fax: 972.772.7510 -----Original Message----- From: Fyodorov, Andrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:40 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Rumour - Spammers control "New mail desktop alert" ? Was it the Outlook alert or Hotmail alert? -----Original Message----- From: Jim Helfer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 11:54 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Rumour - Spammers control "New mail desktop alert" ? OK, this is a bit of a weird one, but this is from a first hand account from my boss, who is not given to hallucinations or flights of fancy. <g>. The story goes that a piece of Spam was received in the Inbox, and a "New Mail Desktop Alert" (the little transparent email preview that apears above the system tray). Happens all the time, except this time it was different. The preview stayed for at least a minute, and displayed a "hand" icon and a "Click Me" message. Neither of these were evident in the mail message. Is it possible that this feature could be under pogrammatic control by the bad guys? Anyone else seen anything weird like this? We are running OL 2003, connected to a Exchange 5.5 sp4 server. Jim Helfer WTW Architects Pittsburgh PA _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
