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Article #2628Re: Worm and Virus attack
From: John Larkin
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:47
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:47
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:22:00 -0700, Jim Thompson <Jim-T@golana-will-get-you.com> wrote: >On 19 Sep 2003 12:02:11 -0700, Winfield Hill <whill@picovolt.com> >wrote: > >>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. >> >> Thanks, >> - Win > >Those of us running Eudora got NONE ;-) > > ...Jim Thompson Netscape, none, but I don't see how one's email client affects this. At least with Netscape, unopened mail doesn't execute. What do the virus messages look like? John
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