New virus/PW fishing out there?

[atctimmy]

OK guys I just wanted to give you a heads up about what popped into my in box this week.

I keep getting E-mails that look to be real from YouTube telling me "My video has been approved". Since I don't post anything there I knew not to open the links in the E-mail.

Just to be sure someone else wasn't posting things to YouTube on my account I went over there WITHOUT using the link in the E-mail and checked my account. Sure enough nothing was going on.

I'm pretty sure these YouTube E-mails are a virus/fishing attempt so don't click on them. The do look like the real thing though so be careful.


Cheers,

Timmy

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[WHEC724]

Yah, I got one this morning too. 'Dunno if it's a virus, I just marked it as 'spam' without opening it, and partied on.

[QKShooter]

Your next post on DefensiveCarry.com has been approved!

[TheShadow]

You can find a wealth of info from the sender by expanding the e-mails headers, if you know/learn what to look for like...

An IP reverse look up or a Verified Domain Key beside the FROM: Header =http://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM

(Google "e-mail headers" for more info)


X-Apparently-To:
Return-Path:
Received-SPF:
X-YMailISG:
X-Originating-IP:
Authentication-Results:
Received:
Authentication-Results:
Received:
X-Originating-IP:
DomainKey-Signature:
DKIM-Signature:
Received:
Date:
Message-Id:
Subject:
X-MaxCode-Template:
To:
FROM:
X-Email-Type-Id:
X-XPT-XSL-Name:
Content-Type:
MIME-Version:
Content-Length:

[kerberos]

Got the same email... DC doesn't sell our email addresses do they?

[Mudgen]

Got the same email... DC doesn't sell our email addresses do they?

I'm pretty certain they don't. I'm a 30-year systems engineer, and use a different mail alias for every forum/website I register on. I can tell if one of them exposes me to spam pretty readily. In which case that alias becomes a pipe to /dev/null.

[kapnketel]

I try to use alias names whenever I order something. My dogs each have magazine subscriptions, the spam/junk mail lets me know who sold the identity. I then stop doing business with that company

[Mudgen]

I try to use alias names whenever I order something. My dogs each have magazine subscriptions, the spam/junk mail lets me know who sold the identity. I then stop doing business with that company

That too. /etc/aliases on my mail server currently has 469 entries of which about 400 are site-specific.

Except I don't have any dogs, with or without magazine subscriptions.

[msgt/ret]

As a general rule I forward suspicious emails to the fraud address of the supposed sender.

[Hieny]

I've been getting them and I don't even HAVE a Youtube account!!!! That is thru Goggle, also!

[Hiram25]

I don't really do much on Facebook, I do SPAM a lot of stuff I get on Email.

[ksholder]

I'm pretty certain they don't. I'm a 30-year systems engineer, and use a different mail alias for every forum/website I register on. I can tell if one of them exposes me to spam pretty readily. In which case that alias becomes a pipe to /dev/null.

How do you create & use an alias? Sounds interesting.

[Crescentstar]

I have been getting this too. I was also getting "delivery notices" from USPS, FedEx, etc. All Viruses.