[pchelpers] Re: virus attack

Hi Bob,

Wednesday, March 31, 2004, 12:34:15 PM, you wrote:

r> Here is the first virus I have seen that uses such a return and
r> subject as to make any unwary email user open the attachement.  I
r> hope none of you ever open an attachement from any email without a
r> disclaimer and from someone you trust.  Here is the complete header
r> of the email I got.

I've been seeing lots of those for over a week now.

Anyone on this list who hasn't already learned to not trust unexpected
attachments is beyond hope.

These virus spams can get better, too! I know how to make them
irresistible to even the most paranoid "I run 3 anti-virus programs, 2
firewall program and a hardware firewall, and never log onto the
Internet anyway" members of this list. I'm sure it'll happen, too,
probably within about 2 years.

r> From: abuse@xxxxxx
r> To: (private)@bigfoot.com
r> Subject: Internet Provider Abuse

r> You have visited illegal websites.
r> I have a big list of the websites you surfed.

--Scott.


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