Now if M$ doesn't have a patch already available I'll be pissed. I was
told a year and a half ago by a M$ employee that they had already found
this bug. He told me that they knew it could be done but they were
counting on no one else discovering it.
Security through obscurity, works quite well as we can see.
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, spiff wrote:
> this seems like it might be firewalls related... ;)
> spiff
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: 9 Nov 1999 22:02:12 -0000
> From: Anonymous <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: bubbleboy
>
>
>
> Tuesday November 9 3:42 PM ET
>
> New Computer Virus 'Bubbleboy' Found
>
> By Duncan Martell
>
> PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) - Researchers have discovered what
> they believe to be the first e-mail-borne computer infection that
> doesn't require a user to open an e-mail or e-mail attachment for it to
> wreak havoc.
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