Re: Worm and Virus attack

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From: Richard Henry
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:43

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"Winfield Hill" <whill@picovolt.com> wrote in message
news:bkfjrj02ee@drn.newsguy.com...
> Don Pearce wrote...
> >
> > On 19 Sep 2003 10:51:14 -0700, Aubrey >McIntosh wrote:
> >
> >> I have received almost 700 copies of worm or virus mail
> >> to this account [snipped] in the past 24 hours.
> >>
> >> This has been the GIBE virus, the new "returned mail" item.
> >>
> >> Anyone else?
> >
> > Everyone. At 700 you have come off lightly.
>
>  I got over 1000 at home this morning, over 450 of them
>  arriving in a single 5 minute period at about 0640 EST.
>  Strangely, I got almost none at my work email.

I have the opposite experience.  I wnet in to work this morning for the
first time since Monday AM.  I spent 5 minutes hitting the delete key.  At
home nothing.  It may be due to the fact that the address you see with this
message is false, and the work address is in the clear.

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