[scam: You have received a postcard !]

[Joe Holden]

James S Blankenship wrote:
> Duh . . . .exe's are useless on open source, even less
> usuable to transmit a virus.  I seem to have missed
> that when I wrote that . . .  But no need to be an ass
> about it either; I'm relatively new to the scene. 
> Forgive me if I mistook your meaning.
> 
> --- Joe Holden <joe at joeholden.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> James S wrote:
>>> This is most likely a virus; the url contains a
>> .exe: 1. 
>>> http://www.felicitacards.xhost.ro/postcard.gif.exe
>>  Whether or not it is 
>>> for open source softaware, it's better safe than
>> sorry.
>>> ~Dragon, Interrupted
>>>
>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>> Subject: You have received a postcard !
>>> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 01:13:08 +0200 (CEST)
>>> From: postcard.com <postcard at postcard.com>
>>> To: freebsd-chat at freebsd.org
>>>
>>>
>>>    Hello friend !
>>>    You have just received a postcard from someone
>> who cares about you!
>>>    This is a part of the message:
>>>    "Hy there! It has been a long time since I
>> haven't heared about you!
>>>    I've just found out about this service from
>> Claire, a friend of mine
>>>    who also told me that..."
>>>    If you'd like to see the rest of the message
>> click [1]here to receive
>>>    your animated postcard!
>>>    ===================
>>>    Thank you for using www.yourpostcard.com 's
>> services !!!
>>>    Please take this opportunity to let your
>> friends hear about us by
>>>    sending them a postcard from our collection !
>>>    ==================
>>>
>>> References
>>>
>>>    1.
>> http://www.felicitacards.xhost.ro/postcard.gif.exe
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>> Virii, so clever, yet so stupid at the same time.
>>
>> -- 
>> Thanks,
>> Joe Holden
>> FreeBSD Port Maintainer / Consultant, Opera Telecom
>> Network Administrator
>> Pub Key: http://www.joeholden.co.uk/pubkey.asc
>> finger joe at joeholden.co.uk
>>
>>
> 
I apologise, I didn't intend it to come across like that, I was just 
referring to the fact that they're mailing a non-windows mailing list.

-- 
Thanks,
Joe Holden
FreeBSD Port Maintainer / Consultant, Opera Telecom Network Administrator
Pub Key: http://www.joeholden.co.uk/pubkey.asc
finger joe at joeholden.co.uk

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