Ministry of Propaganda - 08/Mar/2004: "Virus writers and grammar"
[Previous entry: "Been walking"] [Home] [Next entry: "Curly Whirly Footbridge"]
Virus writers and grammar
Virus writers try new tricks all the time. Today I received this one (haven't checked in detail, I think it's the Bagle virus):
Dear user of Armin-grewe.com,
Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper using in next
three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign your
account information.
Pay attention on attached file.
For security reasons attached file is password protected. The password is "00707".
Kind regards,
The Armin-grewe.com team http://www.armin-grewe.com
Nice try. But not good enough: Why the weird spacing between some of the words? Why is some of the grammar and wording a bit strange? Looks like viruswriters are not very good at proofreading.
And something else: Who is "The Armin-grewe.com team"? Under http://www.armin-grewe.com is only my website, run by myself. There is no team behind the site. Unless I suffer of combined amnesia and multiple personalities I doubt I would disable my own e-mail account and mail myself about it...
End of entry
Entry trivia
- When writing this entry the weather was: Cold. Mostly clear.
- When writing this entry I was listening to: Storm Radio
- I'm currently reading/have just finished reading this book/publication: The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security - Kevin D. Mitnick
- I recently visited this website/-page: jimmiz journal
- The last drink I had was/is: Chicken & Vegetable soup
Dodgy picture of the moment:
Not only do I tame viruses, I also tame lions. Impressed?
End of entry trivia
Spread the word:
Do you like this weblog? Do you think others might be interested in it? Then please tell a friend! Thank you.
Send me feedback about this entry:
The form below will send me an e-mail. To discuss in public, please use my discussion forum.