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Subject: 
Re: Virus
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.robotics.handyboard
Date: 
Sat, 4 Dec 1999 22:03:26 GMT
Original-From: 
DaveS <davestea@jps&AntiSpam&.net>
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Hi -

Yes very well said -- on top of that HE may have been infected and we were
the result of that infection.  Sure can't see a guy putting out a virus with
his name address phone and photo on it unless he is some really sick sucker!

Regards -
Dave


----- Original Message -----
From: William Sitch <wsitch@engsoc.carleton.ca>
To: Faris Gammoh <fgammo@po-box.mcgill.ca>; Handy Board Mailing List
<handyboard@media.mit.edu>
Cc: KwangJu, Lee <kjlee@scai.snu.ac.kr>
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 1999 12:09 AM
Subject: RE: Virus


> kjleeUh, before anyone starts a witch-hunt, I'd suggest you examine the
> headers a little more closely.  The message didn't come from this guy. • Even
> if they did, I still wouldn't send him emails or bother him in any way -
> it's too easy to fake headers, spoof posting-servers, or use unsecure • relay
> hosts.
> 
> The list was hit probably by some script-kiddie.  Anyone who runs EXE • files
> from people they don't know - and when they aren't expecting a file to be
> sent - almost deserves the pain of de-virusing.  A little common sense,
> coupled with a resident virus scanner (McAfee, Norton), is enough to • protect
> yourself.  Remember to update your DAT files regularly.
> --
> William Sitch, B.E.Eng (1999)
> OCIECE Masters of Electrical Engineering
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: Faris Gammoh [mailto:fgammo@po-box.mcgill.ca]
>   Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 11:29 PM
>   To: Handy Board Mailing List
>   Cc: KwangJu, Lee
>   Subject: Virus
> 
> 
> 
>   This is the person I received the email from,
>   I think all of you will confirm the same name....
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>         Kwang-Joo Lee
> 
> 
>           Artificial Intelligence Lab
>         Dept. of Computer Engineering
>         Seoul National University
>         Seoul 151-742, Korea
> 
>         Office: 301-417
>         Phone: +82-2-880-1835
>         Fax: +82-2-875-2240
>         Email: kjlee@scai.snu.ac.kr
>         Personal home page: http://scai.snu.ac.kr/~kjlee
> 
> 
> 



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  RE: Virus
 
kjleeUh, before anyone starts a witch-hunt, I'd suggest you examine the headers a little more closely. The message didn't come from this guy. Even if they did, I still wouldn't send him emails or bother him in any way - it's too easy to fake (...) (27 years ago, 4-Dec-99, to lugnet.robotics.handyboard)

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