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18 July 2005 @ 11:01 am
Warning to gmail users and others  
Well normally gmail seems to be pretty good about spam and warning you of emails that seem like phishing attempts. But I got one today that seemed to have slipped through the cracks.

I got a message saying that someone had sent me one of those e-cards over the internet. Seemed innocent enough, wouldn't be the first time I've gotten one. I was about to click on the link when I noticed the URL it would send me to at the bottome of the screen. It had an extension of .exe ... that has virus written alllllll over it. So be careful with those ecards, verify the link they go to before clicking on.
 
 
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orangedragoness[info]orangedragoness on July 18th, 2005 12:53 pm (UTC)
ekk. that sucks. thanks for the warning though. I probly wouldn't had checked the link O.o
[info]ex_riax3x655 on July 18th, 2005 01:42 pm (UTC)
Thanx bro, I don't have gmail, but I guess it goes for any email aswell *hugs*
I remember Stik telling me that anything with exe is bad unless you know the source is ok.
leo_dav[info]leo_dav on July 18th, 2005 08:31 pm (UTC)
Not only that but it seems that my gmail account is very susceptible to äccount warning" spam. I've gotten a few emails about some account (eBay, Capital One and the like) of mine being under questioning and if I don't act fast I'll lose it only that I never had an account in the first place... so you should be careful for that too.
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