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January 19, 2004

As The Worm Turns

Is anybody else receiving obvious virus/worm e-mails that say:

Test =)
ntpbyjadbglgraci
--
Test, yep.

Just asking - so far I've gotten it from clayisbell@earthlink.net and another address, which I've since deleted and so no longer have it available. The e-mail has an attached executable which apparently is randomly named (although it still carries the .exe which gives it away).

I'm not quite sure how that message is supposed to entice me to run the executable though. At least offer me porn.

Update: Here's the latest:

Computer users are being warned about a new virus which has spread at "an alarming rate".

Internet security firm MessageLabs says it has detected more than 70,000 copies of the W32/Bagle-mm virus in the past 24 hours.

Yay.

People, please, for the love all that is holy, unholy, or simply just kind of sitting there deciding which it should be, use some common sense when running attachments you receive. Better yet, simply don't run them!