* Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [cc'ed according to mail-followup-to request] > >On 28 Jul 2001, Joost Kooij wrote: > >> On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 09:35:07AM -0500, d wrote: > >> > HEY, people what is this CARP? > > Hmm, seems like the SHOUTING meant a couple of letters were transposed > there. :) > > >> It's called "spam". > > [...] > > >You think this is bad? I'm getting a message every 2 days or so with a > >200K+ attachment in base 64 (which I can't read). It says something > >like: > > > > "Hi. How are you? I'm sending this file for your comments. > > Thanks. > > See you later." > > That's the SirCam virus, which causes its victims to unknowingly send > mail to addresses harvested from their web cache. Not much you can do > about it, AFAIK. See e.g. > http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/56/20503.html. >
Worse than that, it passes on selected file contents, as well. Let us all be grateful for our own wisdom in our choice of OS. :) Cam -- Cam Ellison Ph.D. R.Psych. From Roberts Creek on B.C.'s incomparable Sunshine Coast [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
