On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 14:53 -0700, alan wrote: > On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 08:12 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote: > >> Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, Karl Larsen wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> I just got a windows virus. It looks like this: > >>>> > >>>> *eBay Security Center * > >>>> > >>> > >>> ... snip ... > >>> > >>> > >>>> It is very clean and sure looks official. Even has a Email ID :-) > >>>> > >>> > >>> in that case, i'd run that baby. crossover office. vmware. kvm. > >>> the possibilities are endless, karl. go for it. > >>> > >>> rday > >>> > >> I followed the thing you click and it's a odd web page that will > >> take your E-Bay name and password if you give it. So more Scam than > >> Virus it appears. > > WELL YOU LIKE TO LIVE DANGEROUSLY. NEVER CLICK ON A VIRUS WEB PAGE. WEB > > BROWSERS CAN COLLECT THE ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE WEB SITE, > > SO YOU ARE ALREADY COMPROMISED. > > Please turn off your capslock key. It makes you look foolish. > > Web browsers do not collect anything. Web _servers_ might. > > If any e-mail address was revealed, it was of the guy who posted it. If > it had tried to infect my system it would have gone into the collection of > other Windows rootkits. (I can always use more.) Lynx is your friend. You are right it is web servers that collect addresses. However I kept the caps lock key on purpose since opening a phish web site is a silly thing to do and I wanted to emphasize that. To subtle I guess. > > ======================================================================= Are you ever going to do the dishes? Or will you change your major to biology? ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
