Just a heads up, but this thing might be taking a turn for the worst. It appears that it has a secondary payload that's set to execute in a couple hours. The gotcha is that nobody knows yet just what that payload is. More info here: http://www.f-secure.com/news/items/news_2003082200.shtml JD Foster Sacramento, CA '86 Westy www.sirenandgeek.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gnarlodious" <gnarlodious@MAC.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Re: RoadHaus - Virus Free
> Entity Larry Chase spoke thus: > > > Yeah I know .... switch to Apple. > Even so you still need to deal with the hundreds of bulky emails. I got hit > hard on my Earthlink address and the solution is to use webmail to delete > them on the server. Since I usually have dialup downloading all those emails > is the hard part, but the webmail page allows you to delete hundreds > instantaneously. > > My question is, what kind of digital moron would actually run the > attachment, because the virus can't propagate without being run. > > --Gnarlie > |
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