Death-Dude
11-19-2003, 11:07 PM
Scamming buttmunchers are spreading a PayPal spoof, invoking you to send info, and grabbing your addresses as well.
Virus tries to con PayPal users (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3281307.stm)
There has been a spate of such scams recently
Security experts are warning e-mail users about a virus which tries to fool people into giving away bank details.
Mimail.J targets customers of web payment system PayPal, and is the latest "phishing" scam, which tries to dupe users of financial services.
The worm travels as an attachment to a convincing e-mail, but once opened copies itself to other addresses.
Experts warn that the Windows virus is set to spread more rapidly and say users should ignore and delete it.
Fake page
The e-mail pretending to be from PayPal has the subject line "important" and the attachments carrying the worm are called InfoUpdate.exe or www.paypal.com.pif.
Virus tries to con PayPal users (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3281307.stm)
There has been a spate of such scams recently
Security experts are warning e-mail users about a virus which tries to fool people into giving away bank details.
Mimail.J targets customers of web payment system PayPal, and is the latest "phishing" scam, which tries to dupe users of financial services.
The worm travels as an attachment to a convincing e-mail, but once opened copies itself to other addresses.
Experts warn that the Windows virus is set to spread more rapidly and say users should ignore and delete it.
Fake page
The e-mail pretending to be from PayPal has the subject line "important" and the attachments carrying the worm are called InfoUpdate.exe or www.paypal.com.pif.