"Predicted" Message from John McGowan Possible Virus

[Peter Shute <>]

It's not necessarily from John's computer. Spammers send in the name of whoever 
they like.

Peter Shute

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Clifford  
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2012 11:08 AM
> To: Bill Stent
> Cc: Peter Shute; Birding-Aus Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] "Predicted" Message from John 
> McGowan Possible Virus
> 
> Bill,
> 
> This one looks really dodgy. It is just one line that reads 
> " 
> , View full message Click Here", in large blue, underlined 
> text, with  
> a hidden suffix which only appears when you do a select all on the  
> message.
> 
> Very dodgy looking.
> 
> The message did not come through the B-A system, but was addressed  
> directly to me, so, it looks like Johns computer may be compromised.
> 
> Such is the fun of using Windows OS.
> 
> Carl
> 
> 
> On 24/01/2012, at 10:33 AM, Bill Stent wrote:
> 
> The Birding-Aus system received one with the subject line "Supervised"
> a while back.
> 
> It didn't make it through though.  Looks well dodgy to me.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Peter Shute 
> <> wrote:
> > I haven't had one.
> >
> > Peter Shute
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: 
> >>  On Behalf Of
> >> Carl Clifford
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2012 9:58 AM
> >> To: Birding-Aus Aus
> >> Subject: [Birding-Aus] "Predicted" Message from John McGowan
> >> Possible Virus
> >>
> >> Has anyone else on B-A received a strange message from John McGowan
> >> with a subject line "Predicted" ? Looks like a trap to me. If
> >> you have
> >> received one I would advise not "Click Here" in the message.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Carl Clifford
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