I've seen these too. I can think of two purposes: 1. The content of the GIF contains the sales pitch. Anti-spam processing can't search for key words in a GIF file. 2. The GIF contains a WMF exploit.
-----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eve Golden Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Spam -- GIF attachments The latest development in my spam situation is attached GIFs. I'm filtering them all into a separate place and I delete them at once, but it's a pain because it makes the deletion a several-step process instead of one click. Can someone tell me what the purpose of these is? Are there viruses attached? Is it a way of luring you to open the message and verify a live address? Suddenly this is my main form of spam, and they all take exactly the same form. As usual, just curious. I'd like to understand what the point is. -- Eve -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
