Date:         Tue, 25 Sep 2001 09:40:02 -1000
Reply-To:     Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
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From:         Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
Subject:      Re: spammed after sending to the list ?
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> It's destructive, Mick.  It could be lots worse but it's a bloody
> nuisance...actually, *it* could be[come] lots worse and any time, because
> it's a self-updating program which can accommodate 32 plug-ins that modify
> its behavior.  It actively seeks out those plug-ins from the Web as part
of
> the process of infecting a machine, so any time the authors decide to get
> really nasty the mechanism is already in place.
>
> And it's already shown itself to be one of the most resistant [to
> extermination] worms in history -- I've been getting copies since
December.

I stand corrected.  But it is my understanding (and experience) that if you
do not open it it will not harm your computer nor self-replicate, correct?
I too have gotten many since the beginning of the year and still receive
them from time to time, although since they are blocked I only see them when
I clean out the delete file.

Thanks for the correction, David... I appologize for passing false
information.

Mick Kalber
89 Syncro Westy
Hilo, Hawaii