Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 09:40:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: algould@datawok.com (Andrew L. Gould) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Off-Topic: Did I receive a virus or worm? Message-ID: <200309091340.h89Den2D010397@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <200309090756.26240.algould@datawok.com> from "Andrew L. Gould" at Sep 09, 2003 07:56:26 AM
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> > HI all! > > I received an email last night from a CPE (Continuing Professional Education) > vendor. The email contents contained an web address to their site where I > could review my test results for an on-line course I had completed. Clicking > on the address from within Kmail sent me to the appropriate, secure (https) > web page in Konqueror. > > Below the message, however, were two blocks of gibberish. Both blocks begin > with a "begin" line and end with an "end" line. There is no indication that > Kmail included an attachment in-line within the email. > > Is it possible that the code was needed to access the web page? If so, I > don't understand how clicking on the web address would send or use the blocks > of code. > > Should I worry about these blocks of code? Yes, you should. Do not trust any unsolicited code and be cautious of that which you did request. ////jerry > > Thanks, > > Andrew L. Gould
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