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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Viruses going around...
2004-04-19
Did you send this to me,Fred?
Or is someone using you to get to me?
Has anybody else gotten this e-mail?
If so what can we do about it?
From: fred@rantburg.com Add to Address Book
To: w_r_manues@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Hello
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:14:38 +0800

Here is the file. Attachment

your_picture.pif .pif file
Scan and Download Attachment
Scan and Save to my Yahoo! Briefcase
No, and I won't send out such things. This is a virus that's going around. I get at least a dozen of them a day.

If you get an e-mail from "me" with an attachment, it's not from me. The virus guys scan people's address books for addresses when they infect their machines, so chances are any of these you get aren't from the people they say they're from (same applies to about 85-90% of all spam). Even if I did send attachments, they wouldn't be .pifs, .exes, .vbs's, or similar explosives. Also, while I initiate very few e-mails, I never even open (much less reply) to e-mails with the subject line "Hello," "Hi" or "Request for Business Partnership."
Posted by:raptor

#13  mucki you thinking the rebs are behind this ivea got 3 csa agents in my famly
Posted by: HalfEmpty   2004-04-19 5:36:54 PM  

#12  Damn......
Posted by: Evert Visser in NL   2004-04-19 5:26:11 PM  

#11  does that have the Death-Ray™ accessory option?

Still in Beta testing, release date has been pushed back again.
Posted by: Steve   2004-04-19 1:12:45 PM  

#10  does that have the Death-Ray™ accessory option?
Posted by: Frank G   2004-04-19 12:44:15 PM  

#9  where would Fred have gotten Your Picture?

He's using the free KH-11 plug-in included in the Zionist World Domination Service Package, Version 3.2.1.
Posted by: Steve   2004-04-19 12:30:01 PM  

#8  Thanks,folks.
As soon as I saw the attachment red flags went-up.That is why I came here to ask before openning it.
Posted by: raptor   2004-04-19 11:29:47 AM  

#7  cisco csa agent work purdy good.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-04-19 11:02:55 AM  

#6  We're getting tons of these netsky viruses up here. Our server antivirus software (Trend micro) identifies them. I am even getting them from .mil addresses at Ft. Richardson. Delete button a must. Be vigilant, Raptor.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-04-19 10:54:23 AM  

#5  your_picture.pif
Now THAT'S spooky. I mean... where would Fred have gotten Your Picture?
Posted by: eLarson   2004-04-19 10:50:38 AM  

#4  this is why im niot puting e-mail adress anymore anyplace on internet.
Posted by: muck4doo   2004-04-19 10:46:11 AM  

#3  TIP: stay far away (don't click on them!)from .pif's, .bat's, .exe's, and AV scan all zip files as a rule.... any emails with "sketchy" subject lines or body are highly questionable, and usually never came from the person it appears sent it
Posted by: Frank G   2004-04-19 10:13:03 AM  

#2  Its the Netsky virus. I work in the computer security field and I see these all day long.
Posted by: JackAssFestival   2004-04-19 10:06:52 AM  

#1  Sounds like an email virus I had a few months ago.

It takes addresses from your address book and "sends" mail from them to everyone else.

It always says "here is your file" or something like that and of course the attachment is a virus.

I don't remember what the virus is called, though. My office network caught it and purged it pretty easily.
Posted by: Unmutual   2004-04-19 9:56:45 AM  

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