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Re: Worm and Virus attack

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From: Active8
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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