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[SPAM] Spam or rabbit hole?

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sauceykat
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Joined: 10 Jul 2003
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Location: BC>Canada

[SPAM] Spam or rabbit hole?

Hey Guys,
I know it's been awhile but things have been crazy with school and I was in a car accident a month ago so I'm not able to sit at the computer much.

Anyhow, I received a weird email this morning, sent to me last night by mutiny.ridgeSPLATgmail.com, subject: Forum notify. The text simply said: "Find the white rabbit." (extra space in there in the original). There is a file attached called Gift.pif but it appears to have a the bagel virus, so I don't know if this is just coincidental spam, spam/virus directed at me personally, or a real message and the sender just happens to have a virus and doesn't know it.

Would appreciate your input. I suspect it's just spam, but it was a good excuse to post something here Smile

Thanks!
D-

PS. Merry Christmas!!!

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:41 pm
Last edited by sauceykat on Wed Dec 29, 2004 2:05 am; edited 1 time in total

Kozu
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Joined: 04 Nov 2004
Posts: 47

Well, let's look at the bagel virus.

http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32bagleh.html

Quote:

Emails have the following characteristics:

Subject lines:

Hokki =)
Weah, hello! Smile

Weeeeee!

))
Hi!

ello! =))
Hey, ya! =))
^_^ meay-meay!
^_^ mew-mew (-:
Hey, dude, it's me ^_^ Razz

Message text:

Randomly constructed from one of the following sentences:

Argh, i don't like the plaintext Smile

I don't bite, weah!
Looking forward for a response Razz

and

archive password: <random_password_for_the_zip_archive>
password: <random_password_for_the_zip_archive>
password -- <random_password_for_the_zip_archive>
pass: <random_password_for_the_zip_archive>
<random_password_for_the_zip_archive> -- archive password
...btw, "<random_password_for_the_zip_archive>" is a password for archive
password for archive: <random_password_for_the_zip_archive>

Doesn't look like the virus sent it.

Quote:

program information file

<file format> Under Windows, a file providing information on
how a non-Windows application program should be run,
including how much memory should be allocated to it and what
graphics interface it requires.

Filename extension: .pif

Hmm. not sure how much a rampant .Pif could do to a computer, really. Good thing I run Mac, I probably would have opened it on sight.

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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:59 pm

sauceykat
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Posts: 251
Location: BC>Canada

Thanks Kozu...too bad, I was all excited Smile

Oh, well...I've got too much to do right now anyways Wink

D-

Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:03 pm

Kozu
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Joined: 04 Nov 2004
Posts: 47

sauceykat wrote:

Thanks Kozu...too bad, I was all excited Smile

Oh, well...I've got too much to do right now anyways Wink

D-

Exited about getting a virus or a rabbit hole? Because I would think it is the latter. Just grab the patch for the virus and open it.

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Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 3:11 pm

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