Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2001 10:49:22 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata <darrylo@soco.agilent.com> To: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@core.com> Cc: Juha Saarinen <juha@saarinen.org>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: OT trolling ;-) Message-ID: <200112051849.KAA19112@mina.soco.agilent.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Dec 2001 20:47:18 CST." <Pine.GSO.4.33L2.0112042046230.20737-100000@shell.core.com>
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"Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@core.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Juha Saarinen wrote:
>
> > There is a fine irony in that all the copies of Goner I've
> > received so far have come from FreeBSD-STABLE subscribers.
>
> Yes, it's very odd. However, it really shouldn't bother us as we're most
> likely using "smart" mailers which won't execute that kind of crap
> automatically like Outlook and it's ilk do.
While I've gotten many copies of Goner, the vast majority of them
have come from one (1) FreeBSD-stable subscriber, using two different
names (with the same email address).
As much as I dislike Outlook, I think we need to get our facts
straight: within Outlook, the virus does not spread via some automatic
execution krud, but instead relies upon user stupidity to click and
execute an exe file. Unlike other viruses, simply getting a Goner email
does not cause one to get the virus (yet?).
[ OK, this is really off-topic, and this is all I'll say on this. ]
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