Re: Has anyone received the new "I LOVE YOU" Virus email yet ?

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From: Mike Clarke
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 00:00

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In article <3911D321.DD5ACF3B@vw-beetle.clara.co.uk.SPANKYSPAM>, Nick
Hall <nick@vw-beetle.clara.co.uk.SPANKYSPAM> writes:

>"barry.morgan" wrote:
>> > >Not this particular virus. You have to run it...
>> And only an idiot would run a file they got from an unsolicited e-mail...
>> right ??
>
>But as it reads your address book, odds are you know the person.

Not necessarily. The company I work for is part of a fairly large
international group. The first entry in the global address book is a
group entry for "All staff". It only needed one luser using the global
address book as a default to open a Lovebug attachment and it sent its
self off to thousands more :-( 

-- 
Mike Clarke

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Date: 2000/05/04
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