Hi Carl, many thanks for the correction. Pranav -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Houseman Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Spam -- GIF attachments
No. Web beacons are tags in an html-formatted message that cause an Internet website to be referenced, usually by retrieving a very small or transparent GIF image. The Internet website recognizes and associates the reference with the message recipient and thereby knows which recipient opened the message. These spam messages which have GIF *attachments*. The opening of message or its GIF attachment(s) does not cause a website reference. Carl -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pranav Lal Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Spam -- GIF attachments And 3, could the gif be a web beacon? Pranav -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Houseman Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Spam -- GIF attachments 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 -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
