No -- it came through to me. I use a unix mail read (COMMAND LINE OLD SKOOL BAYBEE!) and the attachment was intact. Plus one of my friends who is on 313 had it mess up his machine, and I spent an hour fixing it, so it DOES work through 313 list!
kent williams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 9 May 2000, James Bucknell wrote: > > > i don't think this a problem. > any email transmitted virus is carried as an attachment. as far as i'm aware, > all attachments are stripped from emails before being posted on this list. > as such, nothing to worry about. > james > > > > > Kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/09/2000 04:49:00 PM > > Please respond to Kent williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Ben1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: 313 <313@hyperreal.org> (bcc: James Bucknell/Magazines/Hearst) > Subject: (313) VERY IMPORTANT Ben1's EMAIL TO 313 HAS A VIRUS (NO HOAX) Re: > (313) Carl Craig CD'S > > > > > Very important -- this guy's (ben1) email contains a virus that will fuck your > computer up if you're using any Windows-based mail reader -- I don't > think from looking through the source that it will permanently damage your > machine, but here's what it does > > 1. Installs a program to run at Windows startup to re-infect your machine. > 2. Changes your e-mail signature to include HTML code that includes the > virus as a script. So anyone who gets the e-mail will be infected, and > can spread it. > 3. Makes a startup item that keeps windows from starting up. > > > To avoid being infected there is only one way in Outlook to get rid of the > message without showing the message and infecting your computer. > > 1. Open the View menu and select layout (alt-v alt-l) > 2. Uncheck the 'Show preview pane' option. > 3. Hit OK. > 4. Look for any message from this guy: > > From: Ben1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: 313 <313@hyperreal.org> > Subject: (313) Carl Craig CD'S > > And delete it WITHOUT DOUBLECLICKING ON THE MESSAGE FIRST! > > This is a REAL THREAT! > > If you want to look at the text of the virus, it's at > http://avalon.net/~kent/virus.txt > > I replaced all occurrences of the SCRIPT tag with SCR*PT, so it > should be safe to look at, but DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK, ONLY IF > YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!!!! > > > kent williams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Tue, 9 May 2000, Ben1 wrote: > > > > > Hi there can anyone send me a complete list of carl craig's cd's including > > any > imports as i think i'm pretty close to completing my collection. Thanks. > > Ben > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >
