>
>2 wrote:
>>>I got another infected e-mail this morning, It was the same v-i-r-u-s as the
>>>last, w32, etc.Ihad it deleted withot even looking at the e-mail. trouble
>>>is, norton says it can't be repaired so I quarantined them and then deleted
>>>them. I'm rather thankful for norton so far.!!!!!
>>> carl / kz5ca
>>>
>>// My guess is that the perpetrator is a Ham who participated here in
>>the past year or two. Another guess is that it is the same person who
>>successfully unsubscribed me from AMPS on more than one occasion. --
>> -- There's usually a tender nerve behind the bull's-eye.
>
>People don't send you these 'worm' programs - they send themselves.
>
// I am aware of this.
>They may spread in two ways: by copying addresses from an existing
>victim's Outlook address book; or by trawling through cached copies of
>recently visited web pages to look for mailto: addresses.
>
>If your address came from an address book, then the sender's address is
>likely to be familiar to you - but that person is not even aware it's
>happening. If your address came from the victim having recently visited
>your website... well, that's the price of fame.
>
>Although Badtrans has been known about for months, for some reason it
>seems to have just reached critical mass and there are many reports of
>it this week.
>
// Agreed. However, there is a peripheral matter that you are
apparently unaware of.
- R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734,AG6K, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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