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Looks like they take the target's email domain and masquerade as tech support? The attachment (a zip file) was instantly annihilated by NAV when I tried to save it as being W32.Beagle.J@mm.
Later that day, I received...
Hello user of GMX.NET e-mail server,
Your e-mail account has been temporary disabled because of unauthorized access.
For details see the attached file.
For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is "47838".
Hell, I got that two weeks ago. I already knew what it was beforehand, and that Testi wouldn't pull something like that on me so I deleted it on the spot.
I ★■◆●ing opened it, stupid ★■◆●ing me. I later replied to the email, got it bounced back. I should have done that in the first place, that would have clued me in.
DarkFlameWolf wrote:I **** opened it, stupid **** me. I later replied to the email, got it bounced back. I should have done that in the first place, that would have clued me in.
You probably just signed yourself up on a mailing list.
Yup, spam filters usually catch these. I don't think I've seen any in my PD box, but I never look at the Junk folder in Mozilla Thunderbird. Heck, even Yahoo's basic SpamGuard catches 99% of the virus emails.