HMT webmaster imposter sending virus through email
 

If anyone else encountered an email like this don't open it. Yahoo picked up a W32.Sober virus in the ZIP that is attached to the email. Just forewarning

From: webmaster@homemadeturbo.com
To: priv-mail536@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:40:47 UTC
Subject: Mail delivery failed

This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

SMTP_Error []
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
The full mail-text and header is attached! <<<Don't open it!!!

Re: HMT webmaster imposter sending virus through email
 

Stats of the virus:
Sends itself to email addresses found on the infected computer
Forges the sender's email address
Uses its own emailing engine
Reduces system security
Installs itself in the Registry

Re: HMT webmaster imposter sending virus through email
 

thats not the fault of hmt, someone has a virus and this virus finds email suffixes, ie. @hmt.com, and sends emails to peopl on thier list

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Thats shitty... I do not understand why ppl do ---- like this ??? ???.. Im sure they have been in the situation at one point or another and were not to pleased. ------- geeks with too mjuch time on hand obviously. Did you get the virus taken care of and off your computer? Good luck with that either way. :S

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Yeah, I got something close to this not long ago. I tracked it back to someone on H-T. Im pretty sure the person is also on this site and doesnt know that its leeching off there CPU.

Re: HMT webmaster imposter sending virus through email
 

yahoo caught it and wouldn't let it download anyways but still told me it had a virus attached. I never said it was HMT's fault either i said it was an imposter...which it is technically

Re: HMT webmaster imposter sending virus through email
 

considering there is no webmaster@homemadeturbo.com email account thats something on someone elses end, not ours.

Re: HMT webmaster imposter sending virus through email
 

yeah accounts dont really have to exist.

back when I was a nerd I used to email people from whatever email address seemed funny at the time.

ie... admin@microsoft.com, georgebush@whitehouse.gov its simple really, any unix machine, set the domain to whatever you want it to be, and make a user account to play with

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No ------- WAY! so are you telling me all those emails I got from Tiff@tiffanyteen.com are all fakes?! WTF >:(

haha

Re: HMT webmaster imposter sending virus through email
 

for any windows, use telnet