tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Dec 06 15:03:05 1994
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Re: FWD>>>>>>RE- e-mail alert??? nuqjatlh?
- From: "Jason K. Green" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: FWD>>>>>>RE- e-mail alert??? nuqjatlh?
- Date: Tue, 6 Dec 1994 17:02:43 -0600 (CST)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
On Tue, 6 Dec 1994, Joel Anderson wrote:
>
>
> "Kay Tracy" writes:
> > HWMail Subject: Time: 9:33 AM
> > FWD>>>>>>RE: e-mail alert Date: 12/6/94
> > --------------------------------------
> > see attached
> > >>-----------------------------------
> > >>Date: 12/5/94 3:02 PM
> > >>To: All
> > >>From: Anita Madrid
> > >>Re: The following message was sent by the ombudsman at MIT:
> > >>
> > >>Some miscreant is sending e-mail under the title "good times" nation-wide.
> > >>If you get anything like this, DON'T DOWNLOAD THE FILE! It has a virus that
>
> WAAAAAAIT A MINUTE!
>
> I don't want to discourage anyone "being careful" (YES, BE CAREFUL;
> BACKUP SOFTWARE, RUN VIRUS CHECKERS, KNOW WHERE SOFTWARE COMES FROM
> AND *DON'T* PIRATE ), but REALLY! While I can imagine how a virus
> could be distributed within email *HOW* on earth (okay, Qo'noS) is
> this warning plausible. Is it a Unix Virus? (which Unix?) Dos?
> Amiga? Mac?
>
> This smells like an urban legend of sorts....
I read somewhere that this happens because AOL software automatically
attempts to download and execute binaries appended to e-mail messages.
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