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Article #2638Re: Worm and Virus attack
From: Active8
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:55
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:55
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In article <3qlmmv8utg4kia66g7eiu67ajosko6dj3e@4ax.com>, Jim-T@golana- will-get-you.com says... > 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 > too bad the free Eudora is spyware. not sure about the not free one, if there is such a thing. mike
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