http://www.geocities.com/stacies_hot_pics
http://www.geocities.com/hottie_here2c
When I click on these I get a yahoo 360 sign in page. Is somebody or yahoo advertising geocities using people's ID's without them knowing about it?
2006-09-08 18:26:22 · 2 answers · asked by Elbert 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
These were in my IM messages, not in my email
2006-09-08 19:04:54 · update #1
It is rather easy to pretend an email is coming from any address, you have to know what you're looking for in the headers of an email to have a clue (and looking at the from field isn't reliable).
Several things point the webpages out as a horribly made scam.
First, you don't log into 360 from geocities (address). Absolutely no excuse.
Second, that sidebar means it's a member page and you don't have to log in to visit a member page.
Third, fill in a fake login and it'll take you straight to 360, a real login page would either give an error or ask you to confirm the password of the screen name already logged in.
Fourth, Yahoo has now implemented a security feature that let's you "mark" real login pages with custom text or an image - only someone in your home or you have told would know what you have as security mark.
Fifth, a quick look at the sources shows that submitting the form sends a "silent" email to a third party containing the data just entered (I hope they enjoyed me telling them to "get a life"). BTW to "hottie.amber@gmail.com", you suck at coding and you really do need to get a life.
And I can go on. I do hope this answer saves you from accidently putting your real data into any spoofed login page.
2006-09-08 18:54:36 · answer #1 · answered by erythisis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS A VIRUS. IT ATTACKS UR YAHOO ACCOUNT. MY MOM HAS CLICKED THOSE LINK AND HER ACCOUNT IS HACKED NOW.
2006-09-09 01:33:22 · answer #2 · answered by ☆LiAn☆ 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋