THere you see, at least SOMEone is happy in the world, glad to have brought
some light. :) <guffaw>
-Hawke
On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> That makes me very happy for the both of you.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Spicer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 1999 7:25 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: A Virus Warning To Everyone On This List
>
>
> 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
>
> ____________________________________________________
> John Spicer
> H: (780) 903-6224
> ____________________________________________________
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> ____________________________________________________
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> Image-In Engine, TiCalendar, DrugMaster, MacDirectPay
> If you want to work on your computer, buy an IBM.
> If you want to DO work on your computer, buy a Mac.
> ____________________________________________________
--
-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
