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

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From: John Chapple
Date: Thu, 04 May 2000 00:00

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In article <NMhQ4.7044$E44.168224@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>,
"barry.morgan" <barry.morgan@ntlworld.com> writes
>
>Pedt Scragg <pedt@signpost-design.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:WIE+UCBcLYE5EweW@pedt.demon.co.uk...
>
>> >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 ??

Not necessarily..for people with file extensions switched off (the
default) this would appear to be a harmless text file, so they probably
would open/execute it

-- 
John Chapple

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Message-ID: <T9$5IAAwEbE5EwMH@ch-w.demon.co.uk>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

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<Jaw4iIAg5VE5EwNK@hitechuk.demon.co.uk> <zmTXvrAC0WE5EwYa@pedt.demon.co.uk> <957448134.11906.0.nnrp-02.d4f0a082@news.demon.co.uk> <WIE+UCBcLYE5EweW@pedt.demon.co.uk> <NMhQ4.7044$E44.168224@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com>

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Subject: Re: Has anyone received the new "I LOVE YOU" Virus email yet ?
Date: 2000/05/04
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