On 23 Dec 99, at 9:32, Chuq Von Rospach wrote:
> I have an update on this e-mail virus attack. There is good news, and
> there is bad news.
>
> The good news: based on some discussions with other list admins, it
> seems pretty clear that this is not, in fact, an attack on plaidworks
> or the mailing lists.
>
> Unfortunately, the bad news is that we have a new virus on the
> internet that is propogating rapidly.
>
> For more information, see
> <http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/worm.newapt.html> for the
> official score on this beast. But basically, once it infects a system
> (it infects windows boxes), when an infected user receives e-mail,
> the virus mails itself back out, and attempts to infect the sender of
> the message.
>
> If you run windows, you are susceptible to this worm, and you may, in
> fact, be infected and passing the infection on to other list members
> and anyone else sending you e-mail.
This isn't *exactly* true: it only infects folks using HTML email and
using Netscape or IE as their mail clients... far as I know [and have
seen from the waves of similar viruses recently], folks using any of the
other dozen or more mail clients for windows [and/or sensible enough (or
luddite enough, YMMV :o)) to stick to plain-jane text email] don't have a
problem (or at the least have to work at it to infect themselves).
/Bernie\
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