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Subject:Re: it's the sobig virus/BAD STUFF?
From:Bob O Shaughnessy
Date:Wed, 25 Jun 2003 19:33:30 -0400

Mike, you don't have it.  The virus harvests its sender name from the
host's address book or email.

    Only Windows PCs running virus-prone Microsoft email software need apply
for this kind of stuff.

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On 6/25/03 6:41 PM, "Mike Miller" <mwmiller@CWNET.COM> wrote:

> I just got a message from a server saying a  message I sent couldn't be
> delivered.  The message had the movie thing in it.
>
> Of course I never sent it and now the bad part.  I have a MAC running OS
> X.x.  Damn. How do I get rid of this?
>
> Mike
>
> IOn 6/25/03 2:39 PM, "S.Harrison" <diverseimaging@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:
>
>> I've received two today, both from people I don't know. And it went right
>> through a up to date Symantec email scan as it came in with no warning. Both
>> were zip files, one had the subject heading of "application", the other
>> "movie".
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Joel Walker" <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 2:20 PM
>> Subject: it's the sobig virus
>>
>>
>>> found the info on www.symantec.com
>>>
>>> so if you're getting messages from folks that you think you might
>>> know,
>>> or might have sent mail to in the past, don't unzip that file
>>> that is attached!!!
>>> somebody out there that has something to do with the vanagon list
>>> has an infected pc ...
>>>
>>> i've gotten three of them today, one from someone i know, and
>>> two from folks i've not heard of before.
>>> all three referenced "re: movies" and had a zip file attached,
>>> and the text was "Please see the attached zip file for details"
>>>
>>> so be careful out there! :)
>>> joel
>>>
>>
>>