Errata 2
In my post from earlier today labeled "Important!!! Beware of emails bearing gifts!", I made a mistake that must be corrected.
While driving home from my last client's location, I realized that the statement, "If the site it will take you to does not have the name of the company or the product as the very first words after either the "http://" or "www", IT IS NOT A VALID LINK to the product or company the email says it's from." is wrong. The name of the company or product should be the last word before the last "dot".
For example, http://blog.plaitsolutions.com is a valid email address, because the "plaitsolutions" part comes directly before the ".com". Inversely, if the link were blog.plaitsolutions.igotyourass.net, it would not be associated with Plait Solutions. It would be associated with a site called "I Got Your Ass". Since I would never use those words, the site is obviously not one of mine.
I apologize for any confusion this has caused anyone, and, hopefully, I will not get too many comments telling me of my mistake.
Just know that if you sent such a comment, I will not post it unless it makes other points.
Nyah!
Posted by Sid Plait at 10/30/2008 8:26 PM 
Categories: Email, Malware, Microsoft, All, Internet, PC Security, Computers, Identity Theft, Windows Server Software, Bad News!, Windows XP
Categories: Email, Malware, Microsoft, All, Internet, PC Security, Computers, Identity Theft, Windows Server Software, Bad News!, Windows XP
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