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Subject:Re: RoadHaus - Virus Free
From:JD Foster
Date:Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:28:43 -0700

Just a heads up, but this thing might be taking a turn for the worst.  It
appears that it has a secondary payload that's set to execute in a couple
hours.  The gotcha is that nobody knows yet just what that payload is.

More info here:
http://www.f-secure.com/news/items/news_2003082200.shtml

JD Foster
Sacramento, CA
'86 Westy
www.sirenandgeek.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gnarlodious" <gnarlodious@MAC.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: RoadHaus - Virus Free

> Entity Larry Chase spoke thus:
>
> > Yeah I know .... switch to Apple.
> Even so you still need to deal with the hundreds of bulky emails. I got
hit
> hard on my Earthlink address and the solution is to use webmail to delete
> them on the server. Since I usually have dialup downloading all those
emails
> is the hard part, but the webmail page allows you to delete hundreds
> instantaneously.
>
> My question is, what kind of digital moron would actually run the
> attachment, because the virus can't propagate without being run.
>
> --Gnarlie
>

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