Re: Off-Topic: Did I receive a virus or worm?
HI all! I received an email last night from a CPE (Continuing Professional Education) vendor. The email contents contained an web address to their site where I could review my test results for an on-line course I had completed. Clicking on the address from within Kmail sent me to the appropriate, secure (https) web page in Konqueror. Below the message, however, were two blocks of gibberish. Both blocks begin with a begin line and end with an end line. There is no indication that Kmail included an attachment in-line within the email. Is it possible that the code was needed to access the web page? If so, I don't understand how clicking on the web address would send or use the blocks of code. Should I worry about these blocks of code? Yes, you should. Do not trust any unsolicited code and be cautious of that which you did request. jerry Thanks, Andrew L. Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Off-Topic: Did I receive a virus or worm?
Jerry McAllister wrote: Below the message, however, were two blocks of gibberish. Both blocks begin with a begin line and end with an end line. There is no indication that Kmail included an attachment in-line within the email. Is it possible that the code was needed to access the web page? If so, I don't understand how clicking on the web address would send or use the blocks of code. I don't think so, I don't see any method by which these blocks of code could or would be used to access a webpage. Should I worry about these blocks of code? Yes, you should. Do not trust any unsolicited code and be cautious of that which you did request. It sounds to me like this code might be a pgp key or signature. Even if it is malicious code then chances are pretty good that it isn't going to run on FreeBSD. I don't think there are too many e-mail distributed viruses for Unix like systems, I can't think of a single one. If you're really curious then install vm ware and run the code inside there, it should provide a very secure sandbox. Worry Factor 2 - nothing much to worry about This email communication is intended as a private communication for the sole use of the primary addressee and those individuals listed for copies in the original message. The information contained in this email is private and confidential and if you are not an intended recipient you are hereby notified that copying, forwarding or other dissemination or distribution of this communication by any means is prohibited. If you are not specifically authorized to receive this email and if you believe that you received it in error please notify the original sender immediately. We honour similar requests relating to the privacy of email communications. Cette communication par courrier électronique est une communication privée à l'usage exclusif du destinataire principal ainsi que des personnes dont les noms figurent en copie. Les renseignements contenus dans ce courriel sont confidentiels et si vous n'êtes pas le destinataire prévu, vous êtes avisé, par les présentes que toute reproduction, tout transfert ou toute autre forme de diffusion de cette communication par quelque moyen que ce soit est interdit. Si vous n'êtes pas spécifiquement autorisé à recevoir ce courriel ou si vous croyez l'avoir reçu par erreur, veuillez en aviser l'expéditeur original immédiatement. Nous respectons les demandes similaires qui touchent la confidentialité des communications par courrier électronique. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Off-Topic: Did I receive a virus or worm?
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 09:17 am, Timms, Simon wrote: Jerry McAllister wrote: Below the message, however, were two blocks of gibberish. Both blocks begin with a begin line and end with an end line. There is no indication that Kmail included an attachment in-line within the email. Is it possible that the code was needed to access the web page? If so, I don't understand how clicking on the web address would send or use the blocks of code. I don't think so, I don't see any method by which these blocks of code could or would be used to access a webpage. Should I worry about these blocks of code? Yes, you should. Do not trust any unsolicited code and be cautious of that which you did request. It sounds to me like this code might be a pgp key or signature. Even if it is malicious code then chances are pretty good that it isn't going to run on FreeBSD. I don't think there are too many e-mail distributed viruses for Unix like systems, I can't think of a single one. If you're really curious then install vm ware and run the code inside there, it should provide a very secure sandbox. Worry Factor 2 - nothing much to worry about Thanks. Andrew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Off-Topic: Did I receive a virus or worm?
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 08:40 am, Jerry McAllister wrote: HI all! I received an email last night from a CPE (Continuing Professional Education) vendor. The email contents contained an web address to their site where I could review my test results for an on-line course I had completed. Clicking on the address from within Kmail sent me to the appropriate, secure (https) web page in Konqueror. Below the message, however, were two blocks of gibberish. Both blocks begin with a begin line and end with an end line. There is no indication that Kmail included an attachment in-line within the email. Is it possible that the code was needed to access the web page? If so, I don't understand how clicking on the web address would send or use the blocks of code. Should I worry about these blocks of code? Yes, you should. Do not trust any unsolicited code and be cautious of that which you did request. jerry Thanks, Andrew L. Gould Thanks, Andrew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
