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Virus?

I received this and similar emails from two friends and a colleague found her Hotmail had send similar ones to all her contacts. So I presume it is a virus. Beware.'Subject: Fotos 27/07.07:00:34 Fotos 27/07 : Imagens anexadas:  DSC_0442.jpg -  DSC_0443.jpg -  DSC_0444.jpg '

Graham Weeks ● 6265d3 Comments

ive had that email aswell

Mark Yates ● 6265d

Ignore the "From: " line as it is easily forged and look at the IP addresses in the full header to discover where it really originated. You may find the details of any routing through your ISP, but you need the address of the next sender back. If there are additional lines before that they may also be forged. Each new header line is added above the previous, so they arrive in reverse order. You can then do a "whois" search which should provide an address for abuse reporting.

Chris Bell ● 6265d

You might like to have a look athttp://blog.mxlab.eu/2009/07/17/shortened-urls-the-real-dangers-behind-and-how-to-avoid-troubles/It gives as an example a mail very similar to yours. What appear to be links to three attached photos are in fact links to a Russian site which if you follow them will cause an .exe file to be downloaded.You should delete the mail.  If it genuinely came from anyone you know, they should thoroughly scan their computer for spyware and viruses.  I suggest you ask searching questions about their AV software and when they last updated it!

Richard Jennings ● 6265d