[WikiEN-l] Re: Hi! :-)

[Anthere]

I received a personal curious email from Eclecticology...but the 
language was very much not like him at all...
So, the virus ended in the trash.
Ec, why are you always chosen ?

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Sheldon Rampton a écrit:
> FYI, the message below was an attempt to send a virus to the listserv:
> 
>> Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 09:26:12 -0500
>> From: redgum46 at lycos.com
>> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Hi! :-)
>> To: WikiEN-l at Wikipedia.org
>> Message-ID: <syjosdecffykveimgsb at lycos.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>> Argh, i don't like  the plaintext  :)
>>
>> ..btw,  "22061"  is a password for  archive
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> 
> 
> Since the file attachment was scrubbed, no harm was done, but since this 
> virus is making the rounds I thought people would like to know.
> 
> In all likelihood, this message was not sent from 
> <redgum46 at lycos.com>'s computer. This 
> virus spoofs email addresses that it finds in the address book of 
> computers it infects.
> 
> The specific virus that was sent is either "WORM_BAGLE.F" or a close variant
> called "WORM_BAGLE.G" (also known as "Win32.Bagle.F" or "Win32.Bagle.G").
> Technical information and instructions on how to deal with it can be found
> at the following URLs:
> 
> http://www.norman.com/virus_info/w32_bagle_f_mm.shtml
> 
> http://www3.ca.com/virusinfo/virus.aspx?ID=38444
> 
> http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WORM_BAGLE.F
> 
> --Sheldon Rampton