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#1 Donna

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Posted 25 February 2005 - 11:59 AM

If you recieve an email like the following with an attached zip file DO NOT OPEN Have already reported this to Google

The email is from gmailstaff so it can fool you

Gmail will not send emails, also the zip file has so many weird things inside kaspersky went nutso lol

Its some type of phishing scam

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Google Messenger For WINDOWS
Google Messenger is an instant messaging program that lets you send
instant messages to your friends, and much more.

Quick Info
File Name:
SetupDl.exe

Download Size:
387 KB - 6281 KB

Date Published:
24/2/2005

Version:
1.4

Overview
Google Messenger is an instant messaging program that lets you send
instant messages with cool emoticons, send pictures and other files to
your friends, see when someone is typing a message to you, page a
contact's mobile phone, and much more.

System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: TabletPC, Windows 2000, Windows 2000
Server, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2, Windows 2000 Service Pack 3,
Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition,
Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP
Service Pack 1

Multimedia PC with 233MHz processor or faster (500MHz recommended)
Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Millenium, or Windows XP
operating system
Minimum 64MB of RAM (128MB recommended)
Up to 50MB of hard disk space needed to install — after install, up to
15MB may be needed
256-color VGA or higher resolution graphics card (SVGA recommended)
Minimum 800x600 screen resolution
Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 5.01 or later must be installed
on your computer, though it does not need to be your default browser

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Instructions
Click the Download button in the upper right-hand corner of this page
to start the download, or choose a different language from the
drop-down list and click Go.
Do one of the following:
To start the installation immediately, click Open or Run this program
from its current location.
To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later
time, click Save or Save this program to disk.

Gmail Staff
All rights reserved.

Edvard Havking.


#2 JamesPickens

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Posted 25 February 2005 - 12:19 PM

edvard havking isnt even googles owner... wtf lol

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Posted 25 February 2005 - 12:36 PM

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Microsoft® Internet Explorer version 5.01 or later must be installed
on your computer, though it does not need to be your default browser

Probably hijacks IE as well.

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Posted 25 February 2005 - 12:39 PM

If you send me the file I will find out what it does. :) I love doing stuff like that. I bet it's a lame worm that changes settings and is really an annoyance then anything else!

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Posted 26 February 2005 - 03:43 AM

Thank you for the heads up! <3

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Posted 27 February 2005 - 11:40 PM

we shall se what faken wll do bout dis crap lol oh yea thnx! ;)





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