RE: HOAX alert (was Email account utilization warning.)
Dear Support Folks, this looks like a hoax to me. For example there are several double spaces in the text below as if it is automatically generated and the grammar is too poor even for a native German speaker. I don't have the quoted attachment - presumably our company's virus filters removed it. I am cc-ing the suse-amd64 list as well it case other people have been have been sent this hoax also. Yours, Daniel. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Dan Kidger, Quadrics Ltd. daniel.kidger@quadrics.com One Bridewell St., Bristol, BS1 2AA, UK 0117 915 5505 ----------------------- www.quadrics.com --------------------
-----Original Message----- From: support@suse.com [mailto:support@suse.com] Sent: 08 March 2004 11:07 To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Email account utilization warning.
Dear user, the management of Suse.com mailing system wants to let you know that,
Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in next three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign your account information.
For further details see the attach.
For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is "82577".
Kind regards, The Suse.com team http://www.suse.com
Yep a hoax, simple really, same password for everyone in the group???? I don't think so! Martin. -----Original Message----- From: daniel.kidger@quadrics.com [mailto:daniel.kidger@quadrics.com] Sent: Monday, 8 March 2004 10:45 PM To: support@suse.com Cc: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] RE: HOAX alert (was Email account utilization warning.) Dear Support Folks, this looks like a hoax to me. For example there are several double spaces in the text below as if it is automatically generated and the grammar is too poor even for a native German speaker. I don't have the quoted attachment - presumably our company's virus filters removed it. I am cc-ing the suse-amd64 list as well it case other people have been have been sent this hoax also. Yours, Daniel. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Dan Kidger, Quadrics Ltd. daniel.kidger@quadrics.com One Bridewell St., Bristol, BS1 2AA, UK 0117 915 5505 ----------------------- www.quadrics.com --------------------
-----Original Message----- From: support@suse.com [mailto:support@suse.com] Sent: 08 March 2004 11:07 To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Email account utilization warning.
Dear user, the management of Suse.com mailing system wants to let you know that,
Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in next three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign your account information.
For further details see the attach.
For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is "82577".
Kind regards, The Suse.com team http://www.suse.com
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Martin P. Kalitis wrote:
Yep a hoax, simple really, same password for everyone in the group???? I don't think so!
Nope! This is some well known worm, W32.Beagle.J@mm. Just google for "Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper" (with the quotes) and you will find 300+ hits. A 'luhser' wurm -- no attachment -- no problem. Wolfgang
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 01:25:18PM +0100, Wolfgang Formann wrote:
Martin P. Kalitis wrote:
Yep a hoax, simple really, same password for everyone in the group???? I don't think so!
Nope! This is some well known worm, W32.Beagle.J@mm. Just google for "Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper" (with the quotes) and you will find 300+ hits.
Yes, the zip password makes it a bit hard to catch for automatical virus scanners unfortunately. That is why it wasn't filtered I guess. -Andi
daniel.kidger@quadrics.com wrote:
Dear Support Folks, this looks like a hoax to me.
For example there are several double spaces in the text below as if it is automatically generated and the grammar is too poor even for a native German speaker. I don't have the quoted attachment - presumably our company's virus filters removed it.
I am cc-ing the suse-amd64 list as well it case other people have been have been sent this hoax also.
Yours, Daniel.
-------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Dan Kidger, Quadrics Ltd. daniel.kidger@quadrics.com One Bridewell St., Bristol, BS1 2AA, UK 0117 915 5505 ----------------------- www.quadrics.com --------------------
-----Original Message----- From: support@suse.com [mailto:support@suse.com] Sent: 08 March 2004 11:07 To: suse-amd64@suse.com Subject: [suse-amd64] Email account utilization warning.
Dear user, the management of Suse.com mailing system wants to let you know that,
Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in next three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign your account information.
For further details see the attach.
For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is "82577".
Kind regards, The Suse.com team http://www.suse.com
-- Check the List-Unsubscribe header to unsubscribe For additional commands, email: suse-amd64-help@suse.com
Your assessment is correct, this is a NASTY virus for WINDOZE users, don't know about Linux. I just fwd'ed my copy to someone on the list w/ a SuSE address so that they will hopefully get it to list-support.
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Andi Kleen -
daniel.kidger＠quadrics.com -
Martin P. Kalitis -
William A. Mahaffey III -
Wolfgang Formann