RE: OT - Windows update virus

Posted in 2003

Dirk Moolman — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:27:04 +0200 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Me too, I had so many I didn't even count - filled up my inbox. But this uses other people's adres books, so the possibilities are endless ... Chain reaction ...... -----Original Message----- From: Jonathan Leffler [mailto:jleffler@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 9:54 AM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: OT - Windows update virus Scott Burns wrote: > I've received this little gem 64 times today. I'm mildly curoius as > to where they got my email from, and this is one of the few places I've > posted to. Anyone else getting spammed by the little horror? Yes, I got 60+ copies of it - so far. And there are two new ones in my junk folder now... I wish ISPs would filter pure viruses like this long before it got near my inbox. I'm also getting one bounce message per copy of the virus - miscellaneous domains, including MS and HotMail. -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2003.04 -- http://dbi.perl.org/ sending to informix-list