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Thread started 12/03/03 1:49pm

paisleypark4

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child porn virus email..

If You Get This E-Mail, Delete It ASAP
Called the W32.Mimail.L@mm, this latest scourge on PC users plays a sinister trick to harass anti-spam organizations via e-mail. The virus arrives as an e-mail attachment to a lewd message from a woman detailing an erotic encounter. It also sends a follow-up threat to send child pornography to the affected computer's user, reports Reuters. The virus files are compressed to escape anti-virus filters. When Mimail.L is activated, it collects personal information from the computer and turns the affected PC into a "zombie" that can be told remotely to attack certain targets. The virus forwards itself to every e-mail address on the infected PC and uses the host computer to send a torrent of meaningless web traffic to computer servers operated by anti-spam groups including Spamhaus, SPEWS, and Spamcop, notes New Scientist. If enough computers are infected, it could create a denial of service attack.

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Here's the new sinister trick it plays: If it is unable to send itself as an attachment, the virus will instead send a message telling the recipient he or she will soon receive an illegal pornographic CD unless they immediately send an e-mail to billing@spamhaus.org to cancel the order. Spamhaus says it is receiving a message from an irate user at the rate of one a minute. Wired magazine reports that so far this new Mimail virus is a light outbreak, especially when compared to last summer's epidemic of viruses.

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How to spot this wicked e-mail message containing the virus:
Subject line: Re [2] We are going to bill your credit card:
Attachment: wendy.zip
The message text is a lewd letter from "Wendy" to a man named Greg.

When we say that the purpose of life is to find God, surely that desire to find God is an escape from life -Conciouscontact
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Reply #1 posted 12/03/03 1:50pm

Ardeo

no one emails me nothing

not even spam sad

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Reply #2 posted 12/03/03 5:12pm

Xpertlover

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Ardeo said:

no one emails me nothing

not even spam sad

:LOL:

"How embarrasing to be human!"
- Kurt Vonnegut, 'Hocus Pocus'
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Reply #3 posted 12/03/03 5:19pm

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paisleypark4 said:

plays a sinister trick


I would never do such a thing, maybe with necrophilia, but never child porn. no no no!

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Reply #4 posted 12/03/03 8:15pm

Sweeny79

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Ardeo said:

no one emails me nothing

not even spam sad



hah!

In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular.
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