[Comphelp] New Virus Gimmick?

Robert_C_Miller robert_c_miller@msn.com
Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:41:35 -0800


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Tony,
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You're not alone. I have had the same experience. I have some idea how =
this
might be accomplished but nothing I can hang my hat on. Maybe one of our
real technical experts can explain to us how this actually happens. =
Maybe
they can tell us how to minimize the possibility also. Hmmm?
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Bob Miller
Poverty Bay

-----Original Message-----
From: comphelp-admin@usps.org [mailto:comphelp-admin@usps.org] On Behalf =
Of
Anthony J. Biegen
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 7:45 PM
To: comphelp@itcom.usps.org
Subject: [Comphelp] New Virus Gimmick?


Has anyone seen this cute trick?  On 02/02/04, I received a "Postmaster
Delivery Failure Notice" from "postmaster@ugo.com."  I looked inside and =
saw
an addressee I never heard of and ignored the message.  Some days later, =
I
received a similar "Failure" notice with another unknown addressee.
Annoyed, I immediately deleted it, but started to smell a rat.  I went =
back
to the original and read the copy of the "rejected" mail.  It was sent =
to
"john@ugo.com" with a return path of "tonyb@writeme.com" (me). The text =
read
"The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary
attachment.  It had an attachment labeled "Quarantined Attachment.txt" =
with
an Xed out attachment icon.  I think my ISP caught the virus, because my
Norton doesn't show it having any quarantined items.  I deleted the
attachment from my Eudora "Attach" folder just in case it wasn't really
quarantined.

Any ideas out there as to what's happening here?


=3D;-}) Tony Biegen {:-})   =20
Voice/FAX: (516) 797-0464=20
EMail: tonyb@writeme.com=20
<||:-)) "Do not follow where the path may lead -- go instead where there =
is
no path and leave a trail."   Muriel Strode
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  face=3DTahoma size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>=20
  comphelp-admin@usps.org [mailto:comphelp-admin@usps.org] <B>On Behalf =
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  </B>Anthony J. Biegen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 11, 2004 =
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  Virus Gimmick?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Has anyone seen this cute =
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  "postmaster@ugo.com."&nbsp; I looked inside and saw an addressee I =
never heard=20
  of and ignored the message.&nbsp; Some days later, I received a =
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  "Failure" notice with another unknown addressee.&nbsp; Annoyed, I =
immediately=20
  deleted it, but started to smell a rat.&nbsp; I went back to the =
original and=20
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  message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary=20
  attachment.&nbsp; I</FONT>t had an attachment labeled "Quarantined=20
  Attachment.txt" with an Xed out attachment icon.&nbsp; I think my ISP =
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  the virus, because my Norton doesn't show it having any quarantined=20
  items.&nbsp; I deleted the attachment from my Eudora "Attach" folder =
just in=20
  case it wasn't really quarantined.<BR><BR>Any ideas out there as to =
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