Re: Worm and Virus attack

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From: werner
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:29

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quoting Winfield
>>> I received ~700 worm/virus mail at this account in 24 hours...
>> At 700 you have come off lightly.
> 1000+ at home this morning. Strangely, I got almost none at my work email.

	the worm gathers addresses from USEnet posts, so if you don't
	use your work email address to post... 

	the more you post, the more likely it is that the worm "talks to
	you"...

	check out news.admin.net-abuse.email for more details, hints and
	insights.

-- 
  /"\      ASCII...       ._.    || Sailing for World Peace... AND *Good* Food
  \ /     on Usenet       /v\    ||        <http://tinyurl.com/n6te>
   X    ANYTHING ELSE   /(   )\  ||      "Don't Mess With Penguins!!"
  / \    IS BLOAT !!     ^^ ^^   ||       OPT-OUT is *UNACCEPTABLE*

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Message-ID: <bkg00i$ruh$2@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu>

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arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!not-for-mail

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<3f4939c.0309190951.5ee61d08@posting.google.com> <5pgmmv03dmmae8nlsdni4bkio3erd9h4gq@4ax.com> <bkfjrj02ee@drn.newsguy.com>

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From: werner@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu ()
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Subject: Re: Worm and Virus attack
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 22:29:38 +0000 (UTC)
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