> Morning All, > > We had a message yesterday from a colleague in Antwerp about a > virus going around that is particularly nasty as it wipes > your hard drive if you open it. The Subject field words > seem to be either "Good Times", "OOO" or "xxx1".
I'm sorry, but I cannot believe this. How on earth is reading a message supposed to wipe your hard drive? It's not as it's a binary executable, and even if it was, that would only apply to certain machines, and anyway the mail program isn't going to execute it. > > This morning I received a "Good Times" message from > someone called Tim Castle. I didn't open it but deleted it > after informing our computer services. > > > Of course it could have been a warning about the virus > but as I wasn't prepared to open it who is to know. > Please warn others. Since the text of a message has to be stored somewhere, why not find out where it is (should be easy) and read it with 'more' or something... Am I missing something here? Nige
