Sumdnagdik has recently seen a spam message from quote "twitter" unquote. This one reads of an unread twitter message. This so-called twitter message got past the firewall. As the reader may imagine, the so-called twitter message was a link to a commercial web site that was selling something.
Since that particular e-mail got through the anti-spam filter, perhaps that particular e-mail should be listed on Spams Of Note, here on blogspot.com. Usually the spam filter removes these unwanted organisms.
[actual spam has been edited and sanitized below]
In order to find out what the link is, without clicking on it, copy the e-mail message text and paste the text into a word processor. Then sign off from the internet and unplug the network cable from the computer, to prevent the whatever-it-is link from connecting to the internet. In the word processor, right click on the link and then select (from a pop-up menu) Hyperlink, Edit Hyperlink. At the top part of the next window display, it reads "Link to file or URL" and in the white space can be read the actual web link that will be chosen if one is careless and clicks on the link while the computer is on line.
Twitter @sumdangdik
Sender was "twitter-message...............twitter.com"
Hello,
You have 1 unread message(s)
( ALLEGED TWITTER LINK ) actually sends the user to http :// dirtmonkeys.com / exempts.html
For more details, please follow the link below:
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