E-mail Problem

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:04 pm

Me and Billy both got blank e-mails form each other with the subject "Let's Be Friends" I dont know if we have viruses or something but I thought maybe some how this site was responsible because I dont think we've ever e-mailed each other so I dont know why this would happen. If anyone knows what this could possibly have come from please fill us in. Thanks.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:08 pm

jsgksu wrote:Me and Billy both got blank e-mails form each other with the subject "Let's Be Friends" I dont know if we have viruses or something but I thought maybe some how this site was responsible because I dont think we've ever e-mailed each other so I dont know why this would happen. If anyone knows what this could possibly have come from please fill us in. Thanks.

Does it contain attachments ? If so then watch out ....

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:13 pm

Nope, no attachments and no message, completely blank. Very puzzling

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:17 pm

Spooky lol :lol:

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:39 pm

http://www.dmbtabs.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=1022

I know you said yours didn't have attachments, probably just a mistake on the virus's part. It looks like some mutation of the virus is using an email harvester and using the email address from this memberlist, I've been getting them a lot too.

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:43 pm

So does that mean I have a virus, should I be worried?

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:45 pm

jsgksu wrote:So does that mean I have a virus, should I be worried?

Do you have Norton AV/McAfee AV/AVG with updated def files?

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:48 pm

I got McAfee and just updated earlier today.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:48 pm

TrippnBill686 wrote:
jsgksu wrote:So does that mean I have a virus, should I be worried?
Do you have Norton AV/McAfee AV/AVG with updated def files?

McAfee is not recommended ....

And unless it had attachments , you probably have no reason to worry Jayme , but to be on the safe side you should get one of the listed AntiViruses

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Mon May 19, 2003 5:52 pm

Whats wrong with McAfee? And what antiviruses should I get? Thanks.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Mon May 19, 2003 6:03 pm

jsgksu wrote:Whats wrong with McAfee? And what antiviruses should I get? Thanks.

Well McAfee failed all the tests except 1 i ran on it some time ago

Norton and AVP have passed all the tests though , so you might wanna check into a program such as Norton

jsgksu · Unread post by **jsgksu** » Mon May 19, 2003 6:09 pm

Alright, maybe when my subscription is up with McAfee Ill get Norton instead. Thanks.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Mon May 19, 2003 6:15 pm

Its all up to you Jayme , i can only say it from a professional testing view .... Not to mention that McAfee is what's used on Hotmail , and someone got a virus through 2 days ago

Brock · Unread post by **Brock** » Mon May 19, 2003 7:24 pm

Hmm i've never heard anything about McAfee failing tests, in fact most sysops and IT guys prefer it because it's got better heuristics, but I personally prefer Norton. You can get AVG for free at http://www.grisoft.com/.

Unread post by **jkanter** » Mon May 19, 2003 9:05 pm

Here's the deal with the e-mails. What they have is programs embedded into them using the IFRAME feature. This allows the program to be run through the e-mail without really being spotted by an anti-virus program. I get the same e-mails you all get. To tell you the truth, I believe that the virus programs now check for this type of program so I don't think you guys have to worry...but read up on them.

Secondly, as to why you both recieved them. People have programs that go through message boards and extract e-mail addresses from the boards. These are spiders of sorts. They run through the internet gather as many e-mails as they can....those e-mails are then all targeted. Every page that you post on has your e-mail in the source code of the page. This is becuase the e-mail icon sits there and points directly to your e-mail address.

There are 2 ways to solve this problem. One would be for me to take the e-mail link out of the code. I don't think that you all would like this. The other option would be to allow people to send e-mail THROUGH the message board so they do not get your actual e-mail address.

I just went ahead and implemented this feature. As of now, you are unable to find out someone's e-mail address just from clicking e-mail. If you want to send them an e-mail...you must be logged in and send it through the message board. It will put the sender's e-mail as the reply address so that when you reply it goes to them. Enjoy all

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