Re: [LUG] OT: spam

[Gemma Peter <gemma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Williams wrote:
> Just to alert people to an underhand spam I've just received.
>
>
> > Hello
> > there, I would like to inform you about important information regarding
> > your email address. This email address will be expiring. Please read
> > attachment for details. --- Best regards, Administrator
>
>
> The attachment was stripped off by my mail server, but those here still using 
> Windows for email might not be so lucky. It's going to be a Windows problem, 
> of course, but with the added threat of cutting off your email account it is 
> likely that people will open the darned thing.
>
> Just one word: DON'T!
>
> (This should be a warning for you to switch to a Linux client too!)

Is that the one that claims to be from M$ Program security Dept? If so 
I've got it too. I just hope that my family doesn't recieve a spam like 
that on my Win98 home PC, they would run it... I don't think I can teach 
them to distinguish good attachments from bad, gonna have to try though 
cause else it's gonna be me sorting out their problems.


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