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RE: Virus (was More Super Chief Registry Spam?)
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Newsgroups:
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 6 Aug 2002 23:23:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Stangl writes:
> Rob,
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> This is simply the Klez virus harvesting email addresses from the SC Registry
> pages cached in IE, from a user that uses Outlook Express for their email
> program. It's not SPAM, per se, it's a virus doing its' work.
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> See symantec.com, mcafee.com, or many other virus scanner sites for info on the
> Klez virus.
Right, I thought the first incident might have been SPAM, and I've kept
appending to that message... should've changed the subject line.
Shouldn't other SC registrants also be receiving this message?
-Rob.
> Personally, I think anyone using Outlook Express these days should have their
> hands slapped HARD. It's one of the largest (if not THE largest) carriers for
> viruses at present.
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> Rob Doucette wrote:
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> > In lugnet.general, Rob Doucette writes:
> > > I received an e-mail from landrewr@charter.net (L. Andrew Reynolds? this
> > > e-mail address is also listed on the registry page), the subject line is
> > > "Hello,superchief,questionnaire", there is an attachment: Gh.bat
> > >
> > > This is the second piece of junk mail sent to superchief at doucettenet dot
> > > com, what's the deal?
> >
> >
> > And another one from Coondog123@aol.com with a *.pif attachment, subject:
> > ACCESSKEY.
> >
> > -Rob.
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> --
> | Tom Stangl, Sun ONE Internet Technical Support, Sun Microsystems
> | iPlanet Support -
> http://www.sun.com/service/support/software/iplanet/index.html
> | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
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 | | Re: More Super Chief Registry Spam?
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| Rob, This is simply the Klez virus harvesting email addresses from the SC Registry pages cached in IE, from a user that uses Outlook Express for their email program. It's not SPAM, per se, it's a virus doing its' work. See symantec.com, mcafee.com, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)
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