billyboy71
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Email that pops up Windows Media Player
Hi,
I think I have an email, which has a worm that has been sent to me. I receive my emails through Outlook. The subject of the email reads "Mail Delivery (failure <my email address>)" . It has the following content
"If the message will not displayed automatically,
follow the link to read the delivered message.
Received message is available at:
mydomainname/inbox/myusern
Can someone tell me what kind of worm this? It seems that all it does is open my Windows Media player once I click the email?
Thanks.
Peter
I think I have an email, which has a worm that has been sent to me. I receive my emails through Outlook. The subject of the email reads "Mail Delivery (failure <my email address>)" . It has the following content
"If the message will not displayed automatically,
follow the link to read the delivered message.
Received message is available at:
mydomainname/inbox/myusern
Can someone tell me what kind of worm this? It seems that all it does is open my Windows Media player once I click the email?
Thanks.
Peter
I wouldn't totally rule out that it's not a virus... Windows Media Player was a favorite target for virus writers for a while because of known security holes. Basically, the authors would write the code knowing that your computer would recognize it as a "safe" file to be played in the media player. As long as you have been keeping your windows up-to-date over the past couple of years, I would guess you're probably safe, unless of course they've found a new exploit. It could also just be some new trick by the lamo spam designers. Definitely follow tim holman's advice and run a scan on your pc to be safe, and of course make sure you get your latest ( seemingly daily =) ) windows updates. good luck.
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Apart from that, it may not be a virus. It could be an email from someone else saying that you sent them a virus, which is not necessarily the case. There are a lot of viruses out there that will spoof source email addresses to encourage end recipients to trust and open the email in order for the virus to spread.