Re: VIRUS attack on PayPalwarning.com site

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From: John R Pierce
Date: Sat, 08 Dec 2001 08:26

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On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 07:30:18 GMT, "Dean W." <deanw54@attbi.com> wrote:

>WARNING!  The site mentioned below attempts to introduce a virus to
>unprotected PC's.  If you have been to the site, your PC may have been
>infected and should run your anti-virus software. If you don't have
>anti-virus software, you might want to try http://www.mcafee.com/ for trial
>versions of anti-virus software.

huh?  its straight HTML, mostly text, barfed out in wretched
white-on-black with Frontpage.  not one bit of script or activeX or
anything whatever on there.

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Subject: Re: VIRUS attack on PayPalwarning.com site
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