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

From: Dr Sebby (drsebby@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Apr 25 2004 - 21:26:57 MDT

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    ...funny thing, 15yrs ago we tended to assume things were pretty much as
    advertised. nowadays, if you dont assume things are spam, scam or virus
    first and foremost, youre in for a lot of wasted time and money. of course
    i didnt open the fax. if it had been from you there would have been a very
    "rhinocerous smelling" intro message that wouldve made sense. this sort of
    thing is my password these days.

    DrSebby.
    "Courage...and shuffle the cards".

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    From: "rhinoceros" <rhinoceros@freemail.gr>
    Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
    To: virus@lucifer.com
    Subject: virus: Don't open that "Fax message"
    Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 07:56:43 -0600

    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."

    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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