[WikiEN-l] HI

[Peter Bartlett]

-----Original Message-----
From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org
[mailto:wikien-l-bounces at 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 at 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