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From: (FRED W DETHLEFSEN)
Subject: [mbuesch@megavision.com: Re: [NEGenWeb] Spam with virus attached]
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 07:44:22 -0700 (MST)



To all on the Crawford mail list.
I felt I should pass the following info to you.
I am on the Neb mail list and several folks there have
been receiving mail with the virus.
Just read and beware.
Fred


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From: (Marcia Buescher)
To:
Subject: Re: [NEGenWeb] Spam with virus attached
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 20:20:58 -0700


Two have come my way. Marcia

Barbara Pike Hruza wrote:

> He got me twice, Alice.
>
> Barb
>
> At 12:57 AM 12/19/00 -0500, wrote:
> >Gee -- I thought I was the only one receiving SPAM from Mr.
> >
> >I receive at least one piece of SPAM a day from this guy -- all containing
> >one or more viruses. Not all of them are .exe files.
> >
> >To date I have received 11 pieces of SPAM -- all variations on the Snow
> >White theme - 4 came with .exe files, 3 with .scr files, 3 with .zip files
> >(with .exes or .scrs in them) and one .bat file -- and all virus laced.
> >
> >If this guy was an someone who had innocently picked up the virus and was
> >unwittingly passing it on, I should have received identical messages. This
> >leads me to suspect that he is intentionally trying to destroy my computer.
> >
> >All of the e-mail is coming from phony e-mail addresses. He is even
> >routing the stuff through legit servers, such as NASA and Stanford University.
> >
> >Suggest you set your mail filters to immediately discard anything from Mr.
> >hahaha.




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