[Introspective] VIRUS WARNING

Andreas Sikkema ramdyne at xs4all.nl
Tue Jul 1 21:28:04 PDT 2003


the fragrant one wrote:

> Did anyone just get an email from info at yahoo.co.uk wishing them a merry Christmas?  The subject was Pet Shop Boys NEWSLETTER and the alleged author was Chris Dahl.  Anyway, it contained the bugbear
> virus.  So be warned and delete it straight away if you receive it - and then do a system scan.  Not sure how the virus works, but I've heard it's very nasty.

This is probably one of those viruses that read someone's Outlook
folders, grabs a random name and a random subject and email body and
sends that combination to as many people as possible. It's not easy
finding out who really sent it to you.

-- 
Andreas Sikkema



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