Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Do be careful . I wouldn't open it either. is not a very secure site in my opinion. I get spam and viruses even though my computer is fully armed and so they don't harm anything. It was on that someone cot hold of Rs email and used the address to send out a virus to the whole CMLHope group. L [ ] email warning Just curious if anyone else has gotten an email that appears to be from which says that your account needs to be updated and for more information click on the attachment? I'm thinking it looks like a virus so I don't want to open it. I have Norton but I'd just as soon not test it to see if it really works. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Hi Tracey, This would be a phishing email and you are right to ignore these. These have become more common lately than viruses and your virus software won't protect against these. The way these work is when you click on the link it will send you to a page that looks just like the official page of the site they are claiming to be (in this case it will look just like ). It will ask for your credit card or other valuable information but you will be giving it to someone other than the real . This information is then used for identify theft. I've gotten quite a few of these from someone claiming to be a financial institution that I use lately. ALWAYS ignore these--a valid institution will NEVER send you an email asking you to click a link to update information. They are fishing (thus phishing) for information to be used for identity theft. Best wishes, Dorothy Tracey wrote: > Just curious if anyone else has gotten an email that appears to be > from which says that your account needs to be updated and for > more information click on the attachment? > > I'm thinking it looks like a virus so I don't want to open it. I have > Norton but I'd just as soon not test it to see if it really works. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Hi Tracey, It looks like you may have been Phish'ed. There are unscrupulous individuals who are trying to steal personal information in order to commit fraudulent activity using a technique called " Phishing " . A Phish e-mail looks like an official site (from Paypal, E-bay, ,etc.), however the e-mail will direct you to a unofficial website used to collect personal information. Some of these Phish websites look exactly like the official website. Do not respond to any e-mail that ask you for a your credit card number, personal information such as social security number, mother's maiden name, personal identification number (PIN), etc. If you have performed an online purchase and there is question about your transaction, the best is to call the organization you purchased. All good e-commerce websites will have a telephone number for you to contact them directly. Unfortunately, at this time there isn't any reliable computer software or hardware products available to prevent you from being attacked. There are companies working on detecting Phish attacks however the products are very new and have not been widely tested. Hope this information helps. Take care. - San Francisco DX: 9/04 Gleevec: 10/04 - 300mg (since 5/05) CCR: still working on it _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Tracey Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 5:08 PM Subject: [ ] email warning Just curious if anyone else has gotten an email that appears to be from which says that your account needs to be updated and for more information click on the attachment? I'm thinking it looks like a virus so I don't want to open it. I have Norton but I'd just as soon not test it to see if it really works. _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Thanks Dorothy and for the info. I've since had two more (three now in total) of these emails all claiming to be from . I guess my gut was right that they were fishy. I'm glad I didn't bother with them. Thanks again, Tracey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 -Hi Tracey I also have gotten an e-mail that appears to be from which says the same thing. Thank god I didn't open it and I checked this site first, now I will go back and delete it. Shari from Kansas -- In , " Tracey " <traceyincanada@y...> wrote: > Just curious if anyone else has gotten an email that appears to be > from which says that your account needs to be updated and for > more information click on the attachment? > > I'm thinking it looks like a virus so I don't want to open it. I have > Norton but I'd just as soon not test it to see if it really works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 I got the same kind of email supposedly from verizon saying that my email privileges had been suspended. This email also had an attachment to open. I called verizon and they said the email was fake and it was fortunate that I didn't open the attachment. Probably a virus. Barb http://www.caringbridge.org/wi/tomneddo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 Tracey, That email is a virus, W32.Mytob.EDmm (DOT) It was sent to my mail address and was detected by and the attachment couldn't be opened. So far has been very good a blocking them. Take care, -- In , " Tracey " <traceyincanada@y...> wrote: > Just curious if anyone else has gotten an email that appears to be > from which says that your account needs to be updated and for > more information click on the attachment? > > I'm thinking it looks like a virus so I don't want to open it. I have > Norton but I'd just as soon not test it to see if it really works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 16, 2005 Report Share Posted June 16, 2005 I have gotten 2 from " " This past week. I didn't open them either. Barb Neddo <barb.neddo@...> wrote: I got the same kind of email supposedly from verizon saying that my email privileges had been suspended. This email also had an attachment to open. I called verizon and they said the email was fake and it was fortunate that I didn't open the attachment. Probably a virus. Barb http://www.caringbridge.org/wi/tomneddo --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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