On Fri, 2007-08-24 at 11:19 -0400, Jacques B. wrote: > > > > 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. > (snip) > > > > > > Please turn off your capslock key. It makes you look foolish. > > > > > > Web browsers do not collect anything. Web _servers_ might. > > > > (snip) > > 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. > > > > Aaron Konstam > > It depends on why you are opening it, and what precautionary measures > you are taking when doing so (i.e. using Linux instead of Windows, via > a virtual machine, using a Live CD, from a public access point, etc). > The OP's posting doesn't say he opened it in Linux, but that appears > to be the case reading between the lines. So he is not at risk of any > IE/Windows exploits. That being the case, why would he be compromised > for having visited the site? In this scenario at most the web server > will have the IP of the person who visited, and the browser they used > (and some other non-compromising information). > > I agree that caps lock is not necessary other than perhaps to > emphasize a word, but not an entire posting. > > We are straying off topic seeing none of this relates to Linux. But > seeing the issue is out there now, as was pointed out this is a > phishing scam not a virus. These scams are a dime a dozen (I've seen > many of them). Prudent advice is to delete without opening the > message or visiting the site. Or participate in fighting the problem > through phishtank.org and such sites, and reporting it to the > organisation being represented so that they can take action. Visiting > one of these sites does not necessarily automatically compromise you > (especially when running Linux and a non-IE browser). > > Jacques B. We just disagree. Opening up the web site gives the sender the information that it has found a live user who can be conned in some way. This conning has nothing to do with using Windows. > -- ======================================================================= It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it. -- Henry Allen ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
