[LUNI] curious emails and even curiouser repliesjean at kcco.com jean at kcco.comThu Jun 26 11:56:58 CDT 2003
Greetings, I appear to be getting some odd emails indicative of a worm seeking to spread itself. What is disturbing is that the emails are replies from the USPTO addressed to me, implying that they are responding with the assumption that the original mail came from me! This is particularly worrying as (a) they are a government agency (and one I have been very critical of publicly) and (b) the attached zip file appears to contain a .pif file that may contain a trojan/worm (I'm no expert on trojans and worms per se, having as little to do with Windows and microsloth software as humanely possible). Examinations under linux of the file in question didn't reveal anything readily apparent, but since I've received 3 of these messages on a relatively secret account (which has thus been kept spam-free), I am wondering what is going on. Does anyone else have any experience with this type of worm? I'm assuming it is fairly widespread, and my living and working in GNU/Linux bliss has mitigated my exposure to this nonsense previously. Any insights and pointers to more information would be greatly appreciated. regards, Jean. [snip] Reply To: ,, The Trademark Assistance Center is unable to open the referenced attachment. Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, we are unable to assist you with the matter you reference. It does not appear to involve trademark law or issues, and is therefore beyond the scope of our jurisdiction. Thank you for contacting the Trademark Assistance Center (TAC). For additional information, please refer to our website at http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm. You may contact TAC by telephone at (703) 308-9000 or 1(800) 786-9199. TAC representatives are available Monday through Friday (except Federal Holidays) from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. Please note that TAC handles a high volume of calls and customers may encounter delays during peak business hours. ----Your----Original----Message---- >From : jean-michel at kcco.com Date : Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:44:20 -0400 To: TrademarkAssistanceCenter at uspto.gov Cc: Subject : Re: Movie Please see the attached zip file for details. [snip]
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