WARNING: Do Not Open Email From staff@evolutionm.net!

KK · Mar 3, 2004, 11:16 AM

Recently, an email containing a virus was sent out and may have been sent to evolutionm.net members. The email was from staff@evolutionm.net and contains an attachment and the following text:

Quote:

From: staff@evolutionm.net

Subject: Important notify about your e-mail account.

Message:
Dear user, the management of Evolutionm.net mailing system wants to let you know that,

We warn you about some attacks on your e-mail account. Your computer may
contain viruses, in order to keep your computer and e-mail account safe,
please, follow the instructions.

For further details see the attach.

For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is "44010".

Cheers,
The Evolutionm.net team http://www.evolutionm.net

Please do no open the attachment! Delete this email as it is not from evolutionm.net.

-Mark

Kurt · Mar 3, 2004, 11:21 AM

Thanks Mark. I have not yet received one of these e-mails. Is there any other actions to take other than not opening the e-mail? Is there any way of reporting it? Thanks.

Kurt

tx evo · Mar 3, 2004, 11:34 AM

Thx's for the info..

YellowFever · Mar 3, 2004, 11:49 AM

thanks for the heads up

KK · Mar 3, 2004, 11:52 AM

I acutally got one from evolutionm.net and one for my personal email account as well. I'm not sure if the members will be getting this, but I would watch out for this text format for any other addresses as well. If I learn more about it, I'll post up the info

Mark

bri(e)vo · Mar 3, 2004, 12:23 PM

There are many write-ups on this problem. You can checkout:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32baglej.html for more info.

UFO · Mar 3, 2004, 12:25 PM

This is the w32.Beagle.j@mm (Symantec's name) virus. We've been getting it all morning at work from a spoofed work account. It uses your domain name as part of the sender address. So, if my e-mail was ufo@poop.net then it would appear as staff@poop.net (or support, or the 4 or 5 other variations) in my inbox. So, only people with an evolutionm.net e-mail account would be likely to get the e-mail.

High Voltage · Mar 3, 2004, 02:45 PM

Thanks for the heads up, also after registering with EVOM I got rid of AOL and I was wondering if there is anyway to change my email address so that anything that you might send that is kind of important will get to me?

MalibuJack · Mar 3, 2004, 09:04 PM

I have several domain names, and have gotten this virus addressed to a "User" on my domain.. Same virus.. My mail server picked it up and deleted the attachment, most ISP's probably will do the same. But its interesting because it caught me offguard, but the message content was exactly the same except for the domain name.

nostim · Mar 4, 2004, 06:02 AM

We just received this virus at work today, luckily our isp mail server caught it. A co-worker brought it to my attention after looking at it in her e-mail account and I immediately knew what it was thanks to this post. Thanks for the heads up.

**sblvro** · Mar 4, 2004, 07:30 AM

thanks for the heads up!

BigNumber12 · Mar 4, 2004, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by the virus
Important notify about your e-mail account.

You'd think they could at least use proper grammar if they really wanted to come across as official

WrX Kila · Mar 4, 2004, 12:32 PM

Too Late for me. I THINK i HAVE THE vIRUS

DrifterInside · Mar 4, 2004, 04:28 PM

I get like 2-3 emails a day from random e-mail addresses with attachments ... I delet them all!

cas909 · Mar 4, 2004, 07:11 PM

thanx for the heads up