Re: virus: Don't open that "Fax message"

From: Walter Watts (wlwatts@cox.net)
Date: Sun Apr 25 2004 - 11:29:02 MDT

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    The good folks at Cox Cable offer server-side spam and virus filtering now.

    They send me notices of the attempted send of any virus-containing email.

    They caught the one you guys mentioned and directed it to their assumedly VERY large trash can ;)

    Walter

    rhinoceros wrote:

    > I just received a virus infected message from the mailing list, claiming to originate from me. At least that was all I saw in the email headers. The topic was "Fax Message received."
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    > The virus was in an attached zip file which was password protected (so that the antivirus scanners wouldn't catch it), and the password for opening the zip was in a GIF file. Apparently its target audience was the technically competent but "not very alert" users.
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