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Re: [Linux-aus] WARNING: ***NASTY*** virus loose [attachments sliced]
Leon,
From: Leon Brooks <leon@cyberknights.com.au>
>
> This arrived with a 72kB PIF attachment, pretty much guaranteed to be a
> virus. If you use MS-Windows for reading your email, delete it on
> sight. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES READ A MESSAGE LIKE IT.
You are preaching to the converted ...
We routinely block any email with PIF attachments ...
> We hereby inform you that your computer was scanned under the IP
> 62.204.56.129 . The contents of your computer were confiscated as an
> evidence, and you will be indicated. In the next days you will receive
> the charge in writing.
I laughed when I first got one of these a few weeks ago ... By the way,
is that IP address a real one for any box you run that contains anything
you have downloaded? ;-)
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
P.S. My parents (who run Linux) are noticing that they don't get viruses
when all their friends do :-)