[openbeos] Re: OT list question

  • From: "Bruno G. Albuquerque" <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 21:44:31 -0100 CVT

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 06:00:51 EST, OpenBeOS.20.magnum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
said:

> By the way, it is possible to receive spam just by being subscribed 
> to this list.  A recent virus/worm/trojan (I can't remember 
> which one specifically) emailed itself not only to everyone in your 
> Microsoft address book, but it searched your internet 
> cache and the text of your entire email database for addresses and 
> emailed itself to them all.  I got a couple of hundred 
> virus emails, and shortly after started receiving spam on that email 
> address for the first time.

Worm? Microsoft address book?

Sorry, couldn't resist. :)

-Bruno


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