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List:       kde-look
Subject:    RE: C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe
From:       Eric Ellsworth <eeric () MailAndNews ! com>
Date:       2000-05-15 17:08:34
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Carelessness and laziness are the only reasons I haven't been using a virus 
checker.  My apologies.

EE

>===== Original Message From "Steven D'Aprano" <dippy@mikka.net.au> =====
>Eric Ellsworth accidently (we hope :-) sent out a computer virus:
>
>> Test: Pretty Park.exe  :)
>>
>>    Eric Ellsworth
>>
>>   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>                       Name: Pretty Park.exe
>>    Pretty Park.exe    Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
>>                   Encoding: base64
>
>
>
>Is there a reason you don't have an up-to-date virus checker?
>PrettyPark has been around almost 12 months now. I'm assuming you
>aren't emailing computer viruses(1) deliberately, and the fact that
>your email message lacks an X-Mailer header suggests you're probably
>using Exchange or Outlook or something similar.
>
>Of course, I could be *totally* wrong as you're just trying to make
>some sort of point. I can't think what it might be, but maybe that's
>just me...
>
>For the benefit of anyone using the MS Virus Propogation Toolkit (aka
>"Windows"), please see:
>
>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/prettypark.worm.html
>
>For anyone using Linux, try not to laugh too hard :-)
>
>
>
>(1)  A trojan horse if you want to be technical.
>
>
>--
>Steven D'Aprano

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