Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:17:40 -0600 From: "Timms, Simon" <STimms@petro-canada.ca> To: 'Jerry McAllister' <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>, algould@datawok.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Off-Topic: Did I receive a virus or worm? Message-ID: <BB28669D4974D311B4A00008C75D1CF910FB8774@pcaxs02.pcacorp.net>
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Jerry McAllister wrote:
>> Below the message, however, were two blocks of gibberish. Both =
blocks
begin=20
>> with a "begin" line and end with an "end" line. There is no =
indication
that=20
>> Kmail included an attachment in-line within the email.
>>=20
>> 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=20
>> of code.
I don't think so, I don't see any method by which these blocks of code =
could
or would be used to access a webpage.
>>=20
>> Should I worry about these blocks of code?
>Yes, you should.
>Do not trust any unsolicited code and be cautious of that=20
>which you did request.
It sounds to me like this "code" might be a pgp key or signature. Even =
if
it is malicious code then chances are pretty good that it isn't going =
to run
on FreeBSD. I don't think there are too many e-mail distributed =
viruses for
Unix like systems, I can't think of a single one. If you're really =
curious
then install vm ware and run the code inside there, it should provide a =
very
secure sandbox.
Worry Factor 2 - nothing much to worry about
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