Yes it a typical virus ploy in windows-- All the rage right now. It can
come "empty" or it may come as a familiar address with a notice that it
can't be downloaded or was an error in downloading, yada yada, and you
have to go to your online mail box to read--ergo click the link.
If you look close there is probably a micro-mini-sized .gif or ,jpg
image about 4 pixes by 4 pixels on the screen somewhere in the text
stream (--the color can be set to "clear" so it might be hard to find .
It will be between 26 and 32kb in actual size. Within it is the virus
code hiding from your antivirus software. This method takes advantage of
an exploitable vuneribility that can be hidden in image formats
Your junkmail Meister quarantined it as it should.
Elton
Len Gerstel wrote:
I am running 10.2.8 with mail 1.2.5 (v533) on a beige G4. Just today
the following message popped up in my junk folder:
The message from <Unknown sender> concerning “<Unknown subject>” has
not been downloaded from the server. You need to take this account
online in order to download it.
The From and Subject in the list view of the mail box is blank, and
when I view the message there is no header at all, even when I select
show all headers. Also, the content does not change if I select Show
Raw Source. I have also selected all text and pasted it into a new
textedit document and nothing new shows up. All my mailboxes are pop
and are Online.
I have seen 3-4 of these today, and this is the first time I have seen
this. It has possibly corrupted my junk mail box (or it may be
coincidence. I lost some messages in the Junk mailbox today (I leave
mail there and it is not set to autodelete) that showed up in my
regular inbox after I rebuilt all my mailboxes.
Has anyone seen anything like this before?
Thanks,
Len
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