Re: virus

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From: Dan (gamemasterk67_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 17:28:37 -0400

I've learned my lesson about Swen, but I created a rule with the following
attributes:
If Message is larger then 120KB delete it.

Bye, Dan
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Chat About viruses:
http://www.freewebs.com/danvirdisc23/misc/chat.htm
"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
news:u2Zx7KjAEHA.1288@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> I doubt you can help the OP.
>
> You don't enough to munge you email address so the Swen Internet worm will
be saying "hi" to
> you real soon !
>
> Here's why...
> If you post to UseNet with your TRUE, not a munged, email address then you
have invited the
> Swen Internet worm [aka; W32/Gibe-F] to visit you.
>
> The Swen is news spelled backwards. The reason it is called this is
because the Swen worm
> harvests email addresses from UseNet News Groups. It has an engine that
allows it to post
> itself to UseNet News Groups as well as it has its own email engine. From
the list of
> email addresses that it has harvested, it will then email itself to those
addresses.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> "Ian Kenefick" <e-n@e-geek-ian.com> wrote in message
news:c27vcl$hf0$2@kermit.esat.net...
> | richard sommers wrote:
> |
> | > i think i have a virus because my computer is awefully
> | > slow, i cant access the task manager most of the time and
> | > my computer wont let me install an anti virus program and
> | > now i have had an unsent email by myself which i nvr even
> | > sent to this person i dont know....could somebody please
> | > help me!!
> | Your computer has all the symptoms of a mass mailing worm. I have a
> | solution. Mail me and I will help you out. I am yahoo messenger as
> | ian_jp_kenefick or on msn as ianjpkenefick@hotmail.com
> |
> | --
> | Regards, Ian.
> | ____________________
> | Ian Kenefick
> | Researcher
> | www.e-geek-ian.com
> | www.custom-solutions-ireland.com
> |
>
>

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