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From: Jim Thompson
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 00:00

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On 24 Sep 2003 16:27:32 -0700, Winfield Hill <whill@picovolt.com>
wrote:

>Dusty Rhodes wrote...
>>
>> 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

I guess my feelings should be hurt... I've received not a single
one... but my server does some pre-filtering.

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From: Jim Thompson <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com>
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Subject: Re: Worm and Virus attack
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