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Re: ADMIN: Virus alert - "Jokes" "Life Stories"
Tango 4, acknowledged out.
>From: "Michael Bobbitt" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
>Subject: ADMIN: Virus alert - "Jokes" "Life Stories"
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2021 19:33:35 -0400
>
>Well, I'm glad to see the list hasn't been hit by the latest internet worm,
>it looks like the membership was cleaned up just in time.
>
>However, if by chance you see a message titled "Jokes" or "Life Stories"
>please DO NOT open it. Just delete it, and everything will be OK. Opening
>it
>on an unprotected system may cause you to inadvertently mail the worm to a
>large number of people, who may open it and so on. I don't know if it's any
>more harmful that that, however it's better to be safe than sorry. The
>payload appears to be about 40k so you should be able to spot these
>messages
>pretty quickly.
>
>This is not a hoax (as many of these types of things are), however I
>haven't
>been able to locate any "official" references yet. I suspect it's too early
>in the show for that yet.
>
>Sorry for the interruption, so far so good.
>
>Cheers
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