So would you have clicked?

re: So would you have clicked?

ISADewd — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:03:28 GMT

let's see:

1. you get an email that you didn't expect

2. the email makes reference to an order you never placed

3. the email includes a link you didn't preview

4. you "discovered" a virus that resulted from this link

What part of this seems questionable to you?

The very basic rule is "don't click links in emails you don't trust". The fact that you questionded the email (you never ordered such a machine) tells me that you "just decided to see".

In this case, you get what you asked for.

re: So would you have clicked?

Ryan Russell — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:24:47 GMT

You're asking the wrong question. The answer is that I would have hovered the link and I would know right away if i should click. I use eBay a lot, and I have to do this every day for ebay phishes.

re: So would you have clicked?

Colin Diponio — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:03:00 GMT

Dell have just blogged about this issue here.

http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/03/23/9351.aspx

Thanks for letting the community know in the first instance.

Colin

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