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Old 11-20-2002, 05:50 PM
kfan
 
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Default There is a new type of deceptive attack

There is a new type of deceptive attack on the Internet. This attack leads you to believe that someone has sent you an electronic greeting card and ask you to download the card. During the installation procedure that follows, you are presented with a license agreement that "allows" the software to send itself in your name to any and all contacts you may have in a Microsoft Outlook address book. Here is an example of the email:
Subject: %Recipient% you have a greeting card from %Sender%.
Body:

%Recipient%,

%sender% has sent you an greeting card -- a postcard from Friend-Greetings.com. You can pickup your greeting card at Friend-Greetings.com by clicking on the link below.

http://www.friend-greeting.com/%numb...e%&id=%number%

Message:
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%Recipient%,
I sent you a greeting card - please pick it up.
%Sender%
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Other websites that use this same method are:
www.friend-cards.net
www.friend-cards.com
www.cool-downloads.net
www.friendgreetings.net
www.friend-greeting.com


Here is a screen shot of the "questionable" license agreement:
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Old 11-20-2002, 06:26 PM
Grinnin Reaper
 
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Seen a few of those here at work, damn thing will resend to everybody in your address book, it's a freakin' worm, but it's a legal one. Your agreeing to let it to what it says it will do. Luckily Norton will detect it. Trust me I have a few users that have found out the hard way. And like I put in a post on the Software board. Were actually gonna have to start reading those d@mn eula's. It's a pain but it'll bite us all in butt if we don't start.
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Old 11-20-2002, 09:01 PM
eviltechie
 
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its a spamming program!!
lol
scary enuf, ppl like to click Yes without reading anything carefully

good thing that you did read it
now i gotta be careful clicking that "Yes" or "I Agree" now
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