[PLUG] The big virus in the news

Phil Tomson ptkwt at aracnet.com
Thu Aug 21 23:04:02 UTC 2003


I dunno, but suddenly my inbox is full of spam with titles like 'your 
details' and 'thanks' - a _lot_ more spam than usual.

But since I'm not running Windows it's only an annoyance and not a 
disaster.

Phil


On 21 Aug 2003, Michael C. Robinson wrote:

> It supposedly doesn't damage files instead disrupting the Internet by
> hobbling it.  How does it work?  Is this an attack on a vulnerable
> program or is it something else?  Apparently an email has to be opened
> for this beast to be let lose, anymore have more specifics?
> 
>      -- Michael
> 
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