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From: Winfield Hill
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 23:27

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Dusty Rhodes wrote...
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> I haven't looked at the worm, but I'd guess it also uses address books
> to spread itself. You may have been in the address book of a clueless
> luser, making you a target. 

 Yes, from what I've read it uses adress book info.  I got a peak of
 750 in a single 5-minute period Friday morning, dropping to 1200/day
 and now down to about 820 per day, a real pain to deal with. 

 Apparently I'm in the address books of quite a few folks who failed
 to download updates to their Microsoft operating system.  BTW, Dusty,
 was that loser or user you were referring to?  Or a combination?

 Thanks,
    - Win

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From: Winfield Hill <whill@picovolt.com>
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Subject: Re: Worm and Virus attack
Date: 24 Sep 2003 16:27:32 -0700
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