[FFML] [ADMIN] Heads up on a new spam out there

Dennis Carr dennisthetiger at chez-vrolet.net
Thu Oct 15 11:40:27 PDT 2009


Been seeing a lot of this - there is a new email that seems to be
pointing recipients at a URL for new email settings, or a notificatoin
that the settings have changed for the email.  The URL, from what I've
seen on my end, points to a URL on the receiving email server, and
seems to be an OWA (Outlook Web Access) URL - which is used for
Microsoft Exchange.  

Here's a few pointers on dealing with this:

* Submit it to your spam folder.  If you have an account through
something like Spamcop, report it and be done with it. Even better,
report it to the postmaster, if you know what to look for in the
headers.
* The link is probably what I call "404 compliant" - that is, the URL
does not exist.  At least, it is for me.  For some reason, the URL
is formed to work with the recipient's email server - in my case,
chez-vrolet.net.  Here, I don't use Exchange, so the link goes
nowhere as explained. (Local users, take note: you'll see a
similar URL.) Either way, I don't recommend using this URL, just for
safety reasons. 
* Don't worry - at this time, it's mostly harmless.

That said, I can't stress it enough - USE YOUR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. If
you don't have it, get it. 

This has been a public service message from your friendly neighborhood
hostslave.

-Dennis


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