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Article #2633Re: Worm and Virus attack
From: Keith R. Williams
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:18
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 20:18
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In article <fhnmmvgkqt3edlqntpllk7omgth6t975m1@4ax.com>, Jim- T@golana-will-get-you.com says... > On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 12:47:34 -0700, John Larkin > <jjlarkin@highSNIPlandTHIStechPLEASEnology.com> wrote: > > >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: > >> > >>>> 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? They're about 150K with a subject or From: indicating that these are M$ "fixes". Thay call what they do to male cats-n-dogs getting "fixed" too. > > > >John > > Eudora's address book isn't hijackable as Outhouse Excuse's is. Doesn't matter. I don't use outhouse. I don't have the virus, but someone who has my email address in their address book certainly does. > Although I suppose I could get listed in someone's Outhouse address > book... it's not likely... I have no friends ;-) I'll forward you a copy, if you fell left out... -- Keith
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 112d1e,4a531e8bd9cad7b2 X-Google-Attributes: gid112d1e,public X-Google-Thread: 113866,4a531e8bd9cad7b2 X-Google-Attributes: gid113866,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-19 13:35:39 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!pln-w!spln!dex!extra.newsguy.com!newsp.newsguy.com!enews2 From: Keith R. Williams <krw@attglobal.net> Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design,austin.internet Subject: Re: Worm and Virus attack Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 16:18:08 -0400 Organization: http://extra.newsguy.com Lines: 48 Message-ID: <MPG.19d52e8eb7a104bd98a6b5@enews.newsguy.com> References: <3f4939c.0309190951.5ee61d08@posting.google.com> <5pgmmv03dmmae8nlsdni4bkio3erd9h4gq@4ax.com> <bkfjrj02ee@drn.newsguy.com> <3qlmmv8utg4kia66g7eiu67ajosko6dj3e@4ax.com> <3emmmvksd41k7k3eh003q1cq8af34ej9k9@4ax.com> <fhnmmvgkqt3edlqntpllk7omgth6t975m1@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: p-207.newsdawg.com X-Newsreader: MicroPlanet Gravity v2.60