Ditto for Mac ;)
>:) .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
>--
>-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
>ICQ#3218959
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