Got another virus today, in the email box. Except it wasn’t.
Here’s my evidence (addresses changed to protect the sender):
- This was an email addressed to cybertel@cybertelcorp.com — an address we don’t use (undefined email addresses at cybertelcorp.com are sent to me).
- It was from someone I don’t know, sounding like something to do with stocks — like “jim@stockagents.net”.
- It contained only a Word document with an equally cryptic stock-ish name. I didn’t open it.
- There was no message, only the attachment.
On a whim, I went to the domain, and it redirected to a company that sends stuff to our company president. Sure enough, he knew “jim” and had been waiting for a message.
I should have sent the nasty anti-virus response back to “jim” anyway. Grrr.
(By the way, did you also notice that this has nothing to do with my “real job” — database management and billing? Only sucked up half an hour of my day, if you include this blog entry.)