What worm or virus is this?

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From: PaulS (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/21/04 

Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:59:12 -0700

I have a worm or virus that has found its way into my
email addresses, then spreads itself by sending emails to
the addresses on my list that have nothing but "Re:" in
the subject line. Which virus is this, and is there an
update that will get rid of it? And secondly, will it
spread by sending a regular email with the same address?
What about other email servers; if I send an email from
the infected computer, but use an alternate name with a
different enail provider, will that put other computers
at risk?

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