On 03/12/2020 11:59 PM, Jason Barbier wrote:
your client should be able to forward the mail as an attachment, that should make the malware mostly benign, If you want that extra layer downloading the attachment or exporting the mail with attachments as long as you don't actually run the attachment is harmless, then toss it into a password protected zip. The password protection is mostly to stop antivirus programs from oopsing the whole thing. Im basing this all on my hobbyist collecting and torture of email malware. I have yet to infect my self doing what I suggest
As the are several emails I'll save them in .eml format (as Ed suggested) and zip the conglomeration for attaching to a cover letter to my provider.
--- Jason Barbier | E: [email protected] GPG: FD7D2D5F0A0FBE39 (https://keybase.io/kusuriya) On Thu, Mar 12, 2020, at 12:44, Richard Owlett wrote:I'm getting strange emails PURPORTEDLY from my email service provider. I've dealt with them (or predecessor) for >3 decades. The textual content raises many red flags. a. the emails did *NOT* include local telephone number b. today's email had a *BLANK* subject line c. the attachment to one email was an *.EXE* file *BUT* I'm a Linux user I notified them by telephone that I *suspected a problem* How do I safely *FOR THEM & MYSELF* forward suspicious emails? What other questions should I be asking? TIA
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