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Phil Thompson

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Sep 2, 2003, 10:25:13 AM9/2/03
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On Tue, 02 Sep 2003 14:09:40 GMT, sysa...@optonline.net wrote:

>There have been numerous reports about a new virus circulating the newsgroups. Please click here for more information. Thank you.
>
>http://www.iwXXars.net/dmxXXXdvc.html
>

"By visiting this page, you have just recruited 1 thug for dmxdvc,
increasing their chance of winning the prizes! dmxdvc now has 3073
thugs and is getting stronger every day, it is upto you to beat them."

Don't do it.

Phil

Les Desser

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Sep 5, 2003, 8:51:54 AM9/5/03
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In article <t0a9lv0q2m5tb1n7u...@4ax.com>, Phil Thompson
<cynical_...@hotmail.com> writes
Please could you explain what is going on here.
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Les Desser

Phil Thompson

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Sep 5, 2003, 10:23:51 AM9/5/03
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On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 13:51:54 +0100, Les Desser <leslie@[127.0.0.1]>
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>Please could you explain what is going on here.

someone posted a virus alert that was no such thing it just led to a
page where they were benefitting from increased hits.

Phil

Les Desser

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Sep 5, 2003, 10:57:17 AM9/5/03
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In article <i27hlvg0i59niuiue...@4ax.com>, Phil Thompson
<cynical_...@hotmail.com> writes
Thanks. I thought it was more sinister than that.
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