Virus, a little long......

[Burl Vibert]

Per Lindgren wrote:
> 
> "Michael A. Carr" wrote:
> 
> > but it seems to me that if we only exchange plain-text
> > email on the list this wouldn't happen to those of you who are getting
> > 'infected'.
> 
> I both send and receive Plain Text mail, but I still got it as an
> attachment.
> The problem is that once you choose to open the attachment, the worm starts
> working. As long as you DONT open it, it remains "cold" and can be deleted
> without any problem. The mail in question was addressed directly to me, not
> to the list. Then I opened it, stupid me.
> 
>


The worm didn't come through the list.  The worm gets into your email
program and sends itself as a reply to unopened messages in your
inbox.  Any unopened messages from the quattro list were replied to in
this manner because the list settings are such that when you hit reply
to a list message it goes directly to the sender and not to the list.
If it went to the list the attachment wouldn't get through.

Basically it farms email addresses and sends itself to them, self
propogation is it's main goal.

Burl Vibert
1987 5kcstq
Kingston, Ontario