Guest guest Posted January 6, 2006 Report Share Posted January 6, 2006 This is NOT a hoax....the email i sent about the virus is a real virus and real threat. i know there are hoaxes out there however this is not...my step father who i dont speak with too often works for a huge 401k firm and is a computer tech so he knows this stuff...just wanted to forward this info but no sweetie this ones not a hoax > > It's amazing these people have no life so they can > make up these things. Power trippers. > > I recently got the Amazon Hoax per email. I noticed a > few signs that it was a bad thing..but sure looks like > an Amazon communication. They make it look good. > They want you to update your account and have you put > your credit card number in a place. They have a place > you put your Amazon password..(but I think any would > open it.)...they had the place to put your number and > I noticed the " Lock " in the right hand corner of the > screen that shows the lock on a secure site was not > there. First thing tho is you never give out > information to an email. > > It's fairly recent and is showing up everywhere. It's > good to look up these things as they happen online and > you're sure to find the hoax and save yourself some > grief. > > »*\|/*«·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.»*\|/*«·.,¸¸,.·´¯`·.,¸¸ > > ~*`On the internet, no one knows you're a cat.`*~ > > > ~*~StrykerMom~*~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > --- ~~ wrote: > > > *2. Worm in the Sky - WORM_LOCKSKY.Y* > > > > > WORM_LOCKSKY.Y< > http://trendnewsletter.rsc03.net/servlet/cc5?lgLQDBYQTVtuJxiLglLJqpgJQJhuVaVW > >is > > a memory-resident worm that propagates by sending a > > copy of itself as > > an > > attachment to email messages. It is currently > > spreading in-the-wild and > > infecting systems that run Windows NT, 2000, XP, and > > Server 2003. > > > > The email that it sends has the following details: > > > > *Subject:* Your mail Account is Suspended > > *Message body:* We regret to inform you that your > > mail account has been > > suspended due > > to the violation of our site policy, more info is > > attached. > > *Attachment:* acc_info{random number}.exe > > > > It spoofs the From: field in an attempt to trick > > users into thinking that > > the spammed email is from a trusted source. > > > > It bypasses an affected system's firewall thereby > > effectively lowering > > system security. > > > > This worm checks for an updated copy of itself by > > connecting to a specific > > Web site, and if an updates is available, downloads > > the update. > > > > It also logs keystrokes and saves the gathered > > information. > > > > Upon execution, it drops a copy of itself in the > > Windows folder, and also > > drops component files, and other copies of itself in > > the Windows system > > folder. > > > > > > > > -- > > Happy New Year 2006 > > > > in N.C > > http://rsdstories.bravehost.com > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > Lotacats > >^.^<>^.^<>^.^< > > > > __________________________________________ > Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. > Just $16.99/mo. or less. > dsl.yahoo.com > > > > > To read these messages on the Hugs web site go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hugs-N-Pain > you can contact me privately at starlyin@... > Rose > Owner/ Moderator Hugs N Pain > God Bless our Troops > Please Pray for them > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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