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#1 Jun 02 2004 at 11:34 PM Rating: Decent
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This message looked fairly genuine.

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Dear user of "Allakhazam.com" mailing system,

Our antivirus software has detected a large ammount of viruses outgoing
from your email account, you may use our free anti-virus tool to clean up
your computer software.

For details see the attached file.

For security purposes the attached file is password protected. Password is "40458".

Sincerely,
The Allakhazam.com team


All the spelling was right, it had a genuine link to the site and I couldn't spot the spoofing (not that I am any expert)

However I wondered why the "Allakhazam team" would be sending out their own AV software when Kao's advice has always been to use Housecall first. Sure enough the zipped attachment has Bagle in it.

Be warned.
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#2 Jun 03 2004 at 3:18 PM Rating: Excellent
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yup, viruses are getting sneaky these days. it changes itself to match the domain of whatever e-mail it is being sent to.
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#3 Jun 04 2004 at 2:02 AM Rating: Good
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Sure enough the zipped attachment has Bagle in it.

It would be nice if Alla started sending attachments with Bagels in them.

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