Re: RE: OT new virus

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Sat Jan 31 2004 - 18:42:12 EST


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On 1/29/2004 9:44 AM, Josh Battles wrote:

|>Linux (SuSE 8.2) user #329121
|>Please Note: No trees or animals were harmed in the
|>sending of this contaminant free message We do concede
|>that a signicant number of electrons may have been
|>inconvenienced ;)
|
|
| I also find it amusing that your emails come with this SuSE Linux
"label" on
| them, and you're complaining about your computer having the virus. This
| virus only effects Windows computers. Also, if you read about what it
does
| with the infected system, it's clear that it was developed by someone in
| the open source community because it's set to launch a denial of service
| attack at SCO's website this weekend. Now, why would someone want to
put a
| virus into their own backyard?

It may only "infect" Windows PCs, but it affects everyone. Mail servers
frequently come to a standstill because of crap like this, and when your
mail host is toast because they're getting flooded with this stuff, it
doesn't matter what OS you're running.

Incidentally, Vanderbilt University bounced over 330,000 copies of this
steaming pile in less than 24 hours after it hit the wild. That number
is most likely closer to a half million, probably even over that, at
this point.

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