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Re: Grrr... another virus
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Date: 
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 14:33:14 GMT
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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote:
My mom got an email laballed "Fwd: JOKE". When she opened it, it replaced

Just from opening it? Don't you have to click on the attachment?



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  Re: Grrr... another virus
 
(...) I think so, but I can't be sure - like I said, it wasn't sent to me, but to my mom. I just found out the consequences. -Shiri (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
  Re: Grrr... another virus
 
(...) Not necessarily, using MS Outlook. In some configurations, it seems to open attachments automagically. Considering that these newer virii are Visual Basic scripts, this doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Didn't Bill Gates argue to the judge (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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  Grrr... another virus
 
Hey, Personally I hate getting the warnings as much as the viruses... BUT... My mom got an email laballed "Fwd: JOKE". When she opened it, it replaced the content of all our .jpg, .wav, .mp3 and other files with some VBS c**p. Lucky for us, almost (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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