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Re: I received a virus email today...
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Date: 
Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:03:19 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Tim Courtney writes:
> In lugnet.robotics, Rob Hendrix writes:
> > I wouldn't have brought it up, but the subjectline and the filename were of
> > interest.
> > 
> > Subject:  End HTML code for Lego Mindstorms WebRing
> > attachment name:  Husby.bat & online-on[1].jpg
> > 
> > The batch file contain klez, so you guys watch out.
> > 
> > -Rob
> 
> I get copies of Klez regularly, not from LEGO people.  They're sent in
> emails with snippets of HTML code as the subject.  For example, a subject
> 'cellpadding' or 'marginheight.'  Just checked Norton today and I have 70
> copies of Klez quarrantined.  Anyone else experiencing the same thing?  I'm
> getting them from all over, and 99% of the people I don't know.
> 
> -Tim
> 
> xpost -> off-topic.geek

I get a few of these a week.  All e-mail addresses, including mine,
originate from the Super Chief registry page.

-Rob.



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  Re: I received a virus email today...
 
(...) I get dozens every week -- see (URL). (This last seven-day period was especially bad.) I'm pretty sure it's getting my e-mail address out of the Readme file for IceBreaker, because it often uses subject lines that are clearly snippets from (...) (24 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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