cblev65252
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posted on November 22, 2005 04:43:54 AM new
Well, I was bombarded with emails containing viruses last night. One bothered me more than the others. This one purportedly came from the CIA. Yes, that's right. Of course, I forwarded it to the CIA. I'm sure this is a major "no-no" - posing as the CIA! What are they going to try next? Here's the email in case anyone else out there gets one:
X-Apparently-To: [email protected] via 66.163.170.98; Tue, 22
Nov 2005 01:17:52 -0800
X-YahooFilteredBulk: 68.215.205.246
X-Originating-IP: [68.215.205.246]
Authentication-Results: mta817.mail.scd.yahoo.com
from=cia.gov; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 207.115.20.52 (EHLO flpvm22.prodigy.net) (207.115.20.52)
by mta817.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:17:06 -0800
X-Originating-IP: [68.215.205.246]
Received: from anbgdm.gov (adsl-215-205-246.aep.bellsouth.net
[68.215.205.246])
by flpvm22.prodigy.net (8.12.10 083104/8.12.10) with SMTP id
jAM9HjZi009438;
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:17:45 -0800
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:06:15 UTC
Subject: You_visit_illegal_websites
Importance: Normal
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="====d1bd33a8cdd80.0caa8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-ISafe-Status: V
Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA-
++++ Office of Public Affairs
++++ Washington, D.C. 20505
++++ phone: (703) 482-0623
++++ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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tOMWiii
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posted on November 22, 2005 05:14:18 AM new
Tis a new WORM:
WORM_SOBER.AG
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM%5FSOBER%2EAG&VSect=P
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
[ edited by tOMWiii on Nov 22, 2005 05:16 AM ]
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dejapooh
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posted on November 22, 2005 05:29:54 AM new
How funny. Mine was from the FBI. I guess you are an international threat while I am only domestic...
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cblev65252
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posted on November 22, 2005 05:48:55 AM new
LOL! I feel honored.
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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mamachia
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posted on November 22, 2005 12:02:26 PM new
hi cheryl,
I just received mine from the cia but I am being bombarded with this type of emails today.
what a pain in my a--!
Rosanne
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agitprop
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posted on November 22, 2005 02:23:56 PM new
Only affects Windows users. Nothing to see here for Mac users - move along. 
p.s. if this were real, the black helicopters would have already snatched you up in the middle of the night for relocation to Gitmo ;-(
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buyhigh
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posted on November 22, 2005 03:08:21 PM new
I use Windows XP and I did not get anything at all. Have not gotten a single piece of spam mail since I changed to Verizon. Before that I had to delete at least a dozen spam e-mails each day and I always have attachments blocked. Wonder why I was left out.
buyhigh
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agitprop
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posted on November 22, 2005 04:08:40 PM new
buyhigh wrote,
Wonder why I was left out.
Post your email address anywhere on the internet and the spammers will eventually get around to you. The spammy attachments all contain Windows-specific payloads that turn your XP into a spam-spewing "Zombie". Much like inserting a Sony Music CD into your PC makes it "rootable" (in the computer sense).
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buyhigh
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posted on November 22, 2005 07:21:46 PM new
Thanks for the info. Guess I have not posted my e-mail address on anything but secure sites or through e-mail replies on Outlook Express. Will remember to never do so in the future. Also will steer clear of Sony C.D.s as far as my computer is concerned.
buyhigh
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tOMWiii
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posted on November 22, 2005 07:28:29 PM new
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10162734/
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
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sthoemke
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posted on November 22, 2005 07:35:43 PM new
I haven't received any from my hotmail account.
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mamachia
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posted on November 23, 2005 06:05:55 AM new
Help!! I am being bombarded with these stupid Paris Hilton emails along with the fbi, cia and just about anything else that isn't ebay or personal.
I have never experienced this before. I have always felt safe. I use microsoft outlook.
Does anyone have any words of wisdom for me? I know that it is too early for two-buck chuck but it is driving me crazy.
mama
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LtRay
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posted on November 23, 2005 08:03:18 AM new
Luckily I have not received this one yet but wanted to give everyone a heads up.
Within hours of posting an ad to Yahoo's classifieds, my mailbox began filling up with foreign lottery winner notices.
I immediately pulled the ad and the emails are still drifting in. Its been 3 weeks. Will probably take a while for them to stop.
If I ever get stupid enough to post a Yahoo calssified again, I will only use a Yahoo address and not my server address!
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max40
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posted on November 23, 2005 11:33:59 AM new
I've been swamped with emails with viruses attached all day yesterday and again today. SBC has stopped delivery of them, but they keep coming. They are W32.SoberX.
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