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June 9, 2005 at 05:47 AM
emj65

NS17 Watchdog Demon?

by emj65 . Updated 21 years ago

The VP of Finance of my company received a message in his Inbox:

‘NS17.WatchDog.Demon’@Thameswater.CO.UK
06/09/2005 05:38 AM
Please respond to
#NotesAdmin@Thameswater.CO.UK

To: userid@companyname.com
cc:
Subject:
Important Notice: Virus detected

GROUP securiQ.Watchdog
Server: NS17
————————————————–

Your mail item contained viruses!
Please check your hard drive!
————————————————–Mail-Info

From: username@companyname.com
To: username@companyname.co.uk
Rec.: username@companyname.co.uk
Date: 09/06/2005 10:33:38
Subject: Good day

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file contains virus: doc.zip

What the heck is this, some form of spoofing or is it the real deal? I haven’t found much about it on the Internet, but was hoping someone here would know. Thank you!

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