Spam E-mail -- with a mysterious IFRAME

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Spam E-mail -- with a mysterious IFRAME

What are they trying to do here?

dhdweb

11:40 pm on Nov 17, 2002 (gmt 0)

I have recieved a few e-mails with the following code:

What are they trying to do here?

bobriggs

11:46 pm on Nov 17, 2002 (gmt 0)

without seeing the rest it's hard to say, although the iframe stuff is commonly used by viruses exploiting outlook express users.

One of my ISPs strips all that stuff out (after virus detection) so I can't see what was originally sent. Maybe your ISP is doing the same?

dhdweb

11:51 pm on Nov 17, 2002 (gmt 0)

Maybe they are, because the code above is all that was there!

tedster

1:04 am on Nov 18, 2002 (gmt 0)

I've seen the same thing many times - and I've heard there's all kind of mischief people can try from inside an iframe.

In Explorer 6, under: Tools > Internet Options > Security > Custom Level there is an option under the Miscellaneous heading that specifically addresses iframes. It says:

Launching programs and files in an IFRAME
[]Disable
[]Enable
[]Prompt

I advise not setting it to "Enable". In that country, there be dragons