Jim Wilcox enscribed thusly:
> I got a message myself that says I posted it to Linux hams. It has the
> subject of AMPR DNS. I did post a message to Linux hams with this subject,
> but it was about DNS. I received a message from the list with this
> attachment in it a day or so ago. I scanned it for viruses, ran it, and it
^^^^^^
In God's name WHY???
> showed a fireworks display. I did not intentionally send it to the list
> myself. If this has happened to anyone else, please let me know so I can
> figure out if I have some sort of infection that sends out duplicate emails
> with this file attached!?!?! Yikes!
Yes, you are infected! Never run binaries received in E-Mail!
Even from people you KNOW!
Virus scanners can tell you if something is dangerous. They CAN
NOT tell you if something is safe. The virus scanners don't have a chance
with the little ankle bitters running arround with "celophane" turning
every little game, joke, and greeting card into a trojaned virus to crack
your system.
> 73's
> Jim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Arno Verhoeven
> > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 9:09 AM
> > To: linux-hams
> > Subject: Is this a virus???
> >
> >
> > This is the second time today that I get a mail with the file
> > Happy99.exe attached.
> > The one I got earlier today had another person's name in the From:
> > field.
> >
> > I suspect that neither Jim Wilcox or the other person are the real
> > senders of this mail.
> > I also suspect that the attachment Happy99.exe will have a virus!!!!
> >
> > Am I the only one who got these messages?
> > If not, it looks like somebody is misusing the linux-hams list to
> > distribute virii.
> >
> > Is it possible to filter/block this in vger.rutgers.edu???
> >
> > 73, ./Arno
> >
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > From: "Jim Wilcox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: RE: ampr DNS
> > X-Spanska: Yes
> > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)
> > Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 08:36:00 -0500
> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Precedence: bulk
> > X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-hams-outgoing
> > Content-Length: 13811
> >
> >
> >
>
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