email virus / RMMP list...

[Jonathan Peirce]

i got an email with a virus on it today...it didnt infect my computer
[one of the joys of owning a MAC :)]

but it had a CC: list of a lot of drummers from this group. so
someone's mailbox has a list from RMMP... just thought id give a heads
up....

JP

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[Sam Savoca]

I got the same one with loads of RMMPus Roomers in the "sent to ".

George check your hard drive... again.

Sam S.

"Jonathan Peirce" <president@whitehouse.gov> wrote in message
news:270820031407036349%president@whitehouse.gov.. .
> i got an email with a virus on it today...it didnt infect my computer
> [one of the joys of owning a MAC :)]
>
> but it had a CC: list of a lot of drummers from this group. so
> someone's mailbox has a list from RMMP... just thought id give a heads
> up....
>
> JP
>
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[Sam Savoca]

Not you George, but how friggin' STUPID do you have to be to install a
"patch" received in an email. Really.

Sam S.

"Sam Savoca" <maxomega@erols.com> wrote in message
news:biisfr$9qihl$1@ID-169713.news.uni-berlin.de...
> I got the same one with loads of RMMPus Roomers in the "sent to ".
>
> George check your hard drive... again.
>
> Sam S.
>
> "Jonathan Peirce" <president@whitehouse.gov> wrote in message
> news:270820031407036349%president@whitehouse.gov.. .
> > i got an email with a virus on it today...it didnt infect my computer
> > [one of the joys of owning a MAC :)]
> >
> > but it had a CC: list of a lot of drummers from this group. so
> > someone's mailbox has a list from RMMP... just thought id give a heads
> > up....
> >
> > JP
> >
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> > "I'd sell my soul for a Formula 1 racing car" - Bart Simpson
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[MMORITZ884]

I got an "Undeliverable" message in my email today. My computer is not
infected, but apparently somebody who has my address on their list got
sobigged, and infected emails were sent to everybody in their address book,
showing me as the sender. When one of the addresses was invalid, I got the
notice.

The scary thing is, the message said "for further information, click here to
download the attached file" - application.pif. I can see how somebody who is
not all that familiar with computers (my wife, for example) would click on that
download button.

[M&N]

"MMORITZ884" <mmoritz884@aol.com> schreef in bericht

> The scary thing is, the message said "for further information, click here
to
> download the attached file" - application.pif. I can see how somebody who
is
> not all that familiar with computers (my wife, for example) would click on
that
> download button.

Yes, welcome in the world of computers. There is something tempting in
protecting users against themselves ... PC's are complicated in hardware and
software and if Apple or Linux would have more installed base virusses will
be made for those operating systems.

My eurocent in this thread is that it is common knowledge bots are searching
usenet (newsgroups) for e-mail adresses. Do not reply on spam because it
will confirm the adress is alive.

In 1996 spam started to come in and the cause was me using my own
mailboxadress on usenet. That is why I'm using a nonsense adress ... I'm not
a troll, far from that, just tired of spam and the abuse of something that
is supposed to bring us closer together ... the rec.music.makers.percussion
newsgroup.

Cheers, Murgen

[Adam]

Sam Savoca (maxomega@erols.com) wrote:

> Not you George, but how friggin' STUPID do you have to be to
> install a "patch" received in an email. Really.

Remember that some people voluntarily use AOL as an ISP. It's not
so much stupid as not knowing better.

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[NoSheeples]

>
>i got an email with a virus on it today...it didnt infect my computer
>[one of the joys of owning a MAC :)]

That's easy, it was not targeted for the mac OS. If you want to take down the
internet or back bone you don't target a Mac. You would only take 5% of the
netwroks world wide. ;o)

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch. Liberty is
a well armed lamb protesting the vote."

[Jonathan Peirce]

In article <20030827175907.03410.00000021@mb-m11.aol.com>, NoSheeples
<n2new@aol.comNsheep> wrote:

> >
> >i got an email with a virus on it today...it didnt infect my computer
> >[one of the joys of owning a MAC :)]
>
> That's easy, it was not targeted for the mac OS. If you want to take down
> the
> internet or back bone you don't target a Mac. You would only take 5% of the
> netwroks world wide. ;o)
>

ummm, like i said: ONE of the joys of owning a mac.

>

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[NoSheeples]

>
>ummm, like i said: ONE of the joys of owning a mac.

Being a 5% minority is no joy. Having to spend twice as much for a pc, and
trying to find it's software cheap is no joy.
Never really learning how computers work is also no joy. ;o)

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what is for lunch. Liberty is
a well armed lamb protesting the vote."