Thanks to those who reassured me, I was crying...a lot.

Mike

On 6/25/03 4:33 PM, "Bob O Shaughnessy" <vanagon@COLUMBUS.RR.COM> wrote:

>   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.
>
> _________________________________________________________
>
> Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
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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
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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