Beware the popup ad imitating the blaster worm

FYI

Last night while browsing web sites I hit a popup ad that created a full
screen white window with a dialog that looks very much like the crash dialog
for RPCSS complete with a countdown timer. The only difference is there is
some small ad text in the bottom of the dialog.

It's a fake but it gave me a start.

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Ken Wickes [MSFT]
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Lanwench
Thu Aug 14 14:42:07 CDT 2003

Yoicks. Someone with a nasty sense of humor....

http://toolbar.google.com/ will block popup ads, as well as being just
generally cool.

Ken Wickes [MSFT] wrote:
> FYI
>
> Last night while browsing web sites I hit a popup ad that created a
> full screen white window with a dialog that looks very much like the
> crash dialog for RPCSS complete with a countdown timer. The only
> difference is there is some small ad text in the bottom of the dialog.
>
> It's a fake but it gave me a start.

Ken
Thu Aug 14 15:00:15 CDT 2003

I was just worried that people who had already cleansed the virus would see
the popup and think the patch didn't work, so I wanted to get the word out.

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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Yoicks. Someone with a nasty sense of humor....
>
> http://toolbar.google.com/ will block popup ads, as well as being just
> generally cool.
>
> Ken Wickes [MSFT] wrote:
> > FYI
> >
> > Last night while browsing web sites I hit a popup ad that created a
> > full screen white window with a dialog that looks very much like the
> > crash dialog for RPCSS complete with a countdown timer. The only
> > difference is there is some small ad text in the bottom of the dialog.
> >
> > It's a fake but it gave me a start.
>
>

Lanwench
Fri Aug 15 14:33:39 CDT 2003

"Good Stuff, Maynard!"

(can't remember what commercial that was from....hmmm)

Ken Wickes [MSFT] wrote:
> I was just worried that people who had already cleansed the virus
> would see the popup and think the patch didn't work, so I wanted to
> get the word out.
>
>
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:u5kRSypYDHA.2424@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Yoicks. Someone with a nasty sense of humor....
>>
>> http://toolbar.google.com/ will block popup ads, as well as being
>> just generally cool.
>>
>> Ken Wickes [MSFT] wrote:
>>> FYI
>>>
>>> Last night while browsing web sites I hit a popup ad that created a
>>> full screen white window with a dialog that looks very much like the
>>> crash dialog for RPCSS complete with a countdown timer. The only
>>> difference is there is some small ad text in the bottom of the
>>> dialog.
>>>
>>> It's a fake but it gave me a start.

Bob
Mon Aug 18 06:55:41 CDT 2003

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=good+stuff%2C+Maynard
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"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
<lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eV8jlX2YDHA.2136@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> "Good Stuff, Maynard!"
>
> (can't remember what commercial that was from....hmmm)
>
> Ken Wickes [MSFT] wrote:
> > I was just worried that people who had already cleansed the virus
> > would see the popup and think the patch didn't work, so I wanted to
> > get the word out.
> >
> >
> > "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> > <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in
> > message news:u5kRSypYDHA.2424@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Yoicks. Someone with a nasty sense of humor....
> >>
> >> http://toolbar.google.com/ will block popup ads, as well as being
> >> just generally cool.
> >>
> >> Ken Wickes [MSFT] wrote:
> >>> FYI
> >>>
> >>> Last night while browsing web sites I hit a popup ad that created a
> >>> full screen white window with a dialog that looks very much like the
> >>> crash dialog for RPCSS complete with a countdown timer. The only
> >>> difference is there is some small ad text in the bottom of the
> >>> dialog.
> >>>
> >>> It's a fake but it gave me a start.
>
>