Re: Spam from people I know

[Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>]

Yes, I hadn't thought of the phishing possibility.

I haven't followed the links; I don't stick my hands into places that I 
don't know about.

On Mon, 11 Oct 2010, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:

> Date sent:            Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:53:03 +0100 (BST)
> From:                 Drsolly <drsollyp () drsolly com>
>
> > I get a spam, no subject, sent to maybe half a dozen people. But it comes 
> > from someone I'm in email contact with (i.e., I've sent them an email, 
> > maybe they've sent me one).
> >
> > What's the malware that causes this, and what will detect it? 
>
> Well, not uncommon, over the past decade (you know that), but, with the lack of 
> subject line, are most of these from AOL, Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, or other 
> Webmail accounts?  We've seen a lot of this (do they come with URLs leading to 
> "Canadaian Pharmacy" sites?) and I suspect it isn't malware, it's all the email 
> account phishing that is going on.
>
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