[Linux-aus] WARNING: ***NASTY*** virus loose [attachments sliced]

[Stephen Rothwell]

Leon,

From: Leon Brooks <leon at 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 :-)