Re: spyware

["[KS]" <lists04@fastmail.fm>]

Hal Vaughan wrote:
> On Wednesday 11 May 2005 12:43 am, Brandon Richards wrote:
> 
>>Anyone on this list still running windows might want to check it for
>>spyware.   I got about 8-9 hits on mine which is not good.  I think it
>>came from the woman who asked about the  windows key.  She definitely
>>needs to check cuz her system is messed up major big time.  Actually I
>>am running dual boot on my laptop and windows with thunderbird and
>>firefox on main computer.  Glad I didnt check my mail when I was at work
>>today.  I might have gotten fired.  Anyways talk to ya soon.
>>
>>Brandon
> 
> 
> I'm not trying to pick a fight or start an argument, but I don't think there 
> was anything attached to that request for the Windows key.  I'm using KMail, 
> and I went back and did a "View Source" on that e-mail, and there were no 
> attachments or anything extra than excessive HTML tags.
> 
> Hal
> 
Same here. The source of email looked pretty normal with no attachments.
It also showed that the email originated from the aol.com domain. Most
probably this is just another spam message from a hijacked aol account.

/KS