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C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe ** IS A WORM **

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Bill Wichers

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Mar 4, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/4/00
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Watch out. Norton says this contains a worm.

I've been on this list for years and never remember seeing so many files
like these being circulated.. Is this some nasty new trend?

-Bill

At 10:28 AM 3/4/00 +0500, you wrote:
>Test: Pretty Park.exe :)
>
> Syed Atif Aftab Ali

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* <*> Bill Wichers, kb8wyp, bi...@waveform.net <*> *
* **** Waveform Technology UNIX System Administrator *
* * * *
* * * packet: kb8wyp@n8nnn.#semi.mi.usa.noam *
* * * http://www.waveform.net/bill/ *
* **** *
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Brett Lymn

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Mar 5, 2000, 3:00:00 AM3/5/00
to Bill Wichers
According to Bill Wichers:

>
>Watch out. Norton says this contains a worm.
>

Oh no, not again.

>I've been on this list for years and never remember seeing so many files
>like these being circulated.. Is this some nasty new trend?
>

Yeah - it's called M$ Outlook which very is cooperative in allowing a
random script to take your addressbook and spam everyone in it without
telling you it is going to do it. It makes propagating a worm like
this as easy as convincing an unwitting person to click on an icon.

Mind you, this could be done in unix as well but it would take a lot
more work to do it correctly.

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Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, BAE SYSTEMS
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