-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Ray Saintonge Sent: 09 February 2004 21:41 To: English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] HI
Jimmy Wales wrote:
I didn't come from me, I'm quite sure. I don't use any email system that's remotely vulnerable to such stuff.
Peter Jaros wrote:
On Feb 9, 2004, at 3:20 AM, jwales@bomis.com wrote:
The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.
<doc.pif>
I've received quite a high number of messages with this and other similar messages inviting me to open the attachment. I've also
received
messages from people to whom I've never written saying that I sent it
to
them. When I look at the page source I find that they were sent from somebody else who has said that they were from me, but has a different IP address. It will pick up your name from somebody else's files and send this worm on your behalf.
Ec
Our article on this worm is at [[MyDoom]].
Pete