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CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this?

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Apr 19, 2011, 4:23:48 AM4/19/11
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Hi,


CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this?

(See bottom)


Best wishes,


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From: <erinqmwb ?xx? @ a ? ?xx? l>
To:
Subject: An anonymous adherent has selected an eCard for you
Date: April 2xxx xx:xx

[
CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this? ]
http://bit.ly/dTTY4n [ CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING ]

--- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: ne...@netfront.net ---

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Apr 19, 2011, 4:31:12 AM4/19/11
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As header / subject... : Ooopsss... Follow-Up To: ... >>> alt.comp - " ...
to try this? " - 19/04/11 09:23


Re:
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alt.comp,alt.comp.anti-virus,comp.security.misc,uk.comp.homebuilt,uk.comp.misc,uk.comp.security
Subject: CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try
this?
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:23:48 +0100

Mike Tomlinson

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Apr 19, 2011, 8:05:32 AM4/19/11
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In article <iojgr0$2mr8$1...@adenine.netfront.net>, News Reader
<so...@where.invalid> writes

>CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this?

No thanks.

It's an attempt to take you to a webpage with malware on it, the
intention being to infect your Windows PC. It's been running for years.
Nothing new to see here, hit delete and move on.

--
Mike Tomlinson

Davey

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Apr 19, 2011, 9:19:49 AM4/19/11
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That, and/or move to Linux, which doesn't succumb to those things. Fun
to watch them scan your C:/ drive when you don't have one!
--
Davey.

David H. Lipman

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Apr 19, 2011, 4:03:11 PM4/19/11
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From: "News Reader" <so...@where.invalid>

>
> Hi,
>
> CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this?
>
> (See bottom)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> News Reader
>
> ### BELOW ###
>
> From: <erinqmwb ?xx? @ a ? ?xx? l>
> To:
> Subject: An anonymous adherent has selected an eCard for you
> Date: April 2xxx xx:xx
>
> [
> CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this? ]
> http://bit.ly/dTTY4n [ CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING ]
>

When posting a malicious URL or possible malicious or suspicious URL always obfuscate the
URL such as...

h**p://domain.name and h**p://domain.name

Do NOT shorten the URL and do not post w/o obfuscation.

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp


Shadow

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Apr 19, 2011, 8:05:40 PM4/19/11
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On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:03:11 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
<DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:

>> Subject: An anonymous adherent has selected an eCard for you
>> Date: April 2xxx xx:xx
>>
>> [
>> CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this? ]

>> hxxp://bit.ly/dTTY4n [ CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING ]


>>
>
>When posting a malicious URL or possible malicious or suspicious URL always obfuscate the
>URL such as...
>
>h**p://domain.name and h**p://domain.name

Or hxxp://
Read your post.
:)
[]'s

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Apr 19, 2011, 8:29:01 PM4/19/11
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"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:iokpq...@news3.newsguy.com...

> From: "News Reader" <so...@where.invalid>
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this?
>>
>> (See bottom)
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> News Reader
>>
>> ### BELOW ###
>>
>> From: <erinqmwb ?xx? @ a ? ?xx? l>
>> To:
>> Subject: An anonymous adherent has selected an eCard for you
>> Date: April 2xxx xx:xx
>>
>> [
>> CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this? ]
>> ht tp :// bit . ly/d TTY4n [ CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK /
>> WARNING ]
>>
>
> When posting a malicious URL or possible malicious or suspicious URL
> always obfuscate the URL such as...
>
> h**p://domain.name and h**p://domain.name
>
> Do NOT shorten the URL and do not post w/o obfuscation.
>
>
>
> --
> Dave
> Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
>


Hi,


Thanks for your posts.

The link was checked several times (to ensure it was not "set as" default
render accessible click). However, possible forgetfulness, and recall it may
be (possibly) necessary to do such, as reader variant / render
(re-processing or post host / relay, etc.). (Easily guessable reason for
forgetting [ : - | : - ) ], significant amount of time and wanting to
post in original, [possible] "as rxed" [received], state.) . Thank you.


Best wishes,


News Reader

David H. Lipman

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Apr 19, 2011, 10:41:23 PM4/19/11
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From: "Shadow" <S...@dow.br>

Yes, I did not obfuscate the URL in my reply. I was wrong :-(

FromTheRafters

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Apr 20, 2011, 9:59:27 AM4/20/11
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David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "Shadow"<S...@dow.br>
>
>> On Tue, 19 Apr 2011 16:03:11 -0400, "David H. Lipman"
>> <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote:
>>
>>>> Subject: An anonymous adherent has selected an eCard for you
>>>> Date: April 2xxx xx:xx
>>>>
>>>> [
>>>> CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING: Anyone want to try this? ]
>>>> hxxp://bit.ly/dTTY4n [ CAUTION / POTENTIAL SECURITY RISK / WARNING ]
>>>>
>>> When posting a malicious URL or possible malicious or suspicious URL always obfuscate
>>> the
>>> URL such as...
>>>
>>> h**p://domain.name and h**p://domain.name
>> Or hxxp://
>> Read your post.
>> :)
>
> Yes, I did not obfuscate the URL in my reply. I was wrong :-(
>
I believe he refers to your comparing two *identical* strings above. :o)

David H. Lipman

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Apr 20, 2011, 5:13:16 PM4/20/11
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From: "FromTheRafters" <err...@nomail.afraid.org>

That would then be a double stupidity as one should have been hxxp:// and the other
h**p://

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...............

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