:) .exe files don't do much on a Linux box :) <Sorry just couldn't hold it
back, one of those weeks, please forgive me>
-Hawke
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> In reply to a question I sent out on this list several weeks ago, I received
> a reply from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> RAJAH's e-mail (spoofed I believe), contained a self-extracting EXE (i
> thought) that according to the e-mail had documents that answered my
> question. I dont normally open any EXE that comes in by e-mail, but this
> seemed like a valid response to my question...
>
> As a result, the program proceeded to search all my local drives and set
> every file that ended in .DOC, .CPP, .C, .H to 0 length along with killing a
> few others that were not as important to me. Being a programmer, this hurt
> bad...I have week old backups of almost everything but this has still cost
> me a lot of time and I am not completely done yet.
>
> According to the cert advisory (which I read after I opened this virus), it
> can self propagate by responding to e-mails...so anyone that has received an
> e-mail from me, I didn't send an attachment...
>
> The day I received this e-mail was 12/15/1999.
>
> RAJAH, if you are not doing this intentionally, your computer is costing
> people lots of money. If you are, then you should count on seeing me in
> court. I will be visiting the local field office of the FBI on monday.
>
> To everyone else on this list...it might be worth your while to run an
> antivirus scan on your computer.
>
> -bryanw
>
> http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-06-explorezip.html
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-Hawke
Senior Systems Admin,
Systems Architect,
Electronic Solutions Div.
of Franklin Covey.
Java and Internet Developer,
Solaris, Linux, & Web Admin,
MCSE, MCP+I, CNA, AS in CS
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