Re: VIRUS ALERT!

From: Steve Cosner <stevec_at_zimmer.csufresno.edu>
Date: 1997/04/28
Message-ID: <5k2hau$7nk@info.csufresno.edu>#1/1

In article <5jqq4q$h1e_at_ws051eng.ictest.delcoelect.com>, Albert W. Dorrington <awdorrin_at_ictest.delcoelect.com> wrote:
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>In article <5jgc6k$5e6$1_at_NNTP.MsState.Edu>, aak2_at_Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) writes:
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>> Please do not spread this junk. You are making a fool of yourself by
>> showing us that you believe this stuff.
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>> Atif Khan
>> aak2_at_ra.msstate.edu
>
>Perhaps you should rsearch the issue before you flame the original
>poster.
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>From CIAC Bulletin H-47:
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>Subject: CIAC Bulletin H-47: AOL4FREE.COM Trojan Horse Program Destroys Hard Drives
>Sender: owner-ciac-bulletin_at_tholia.llnl.gov
>Content-Length: 11149

<Long copy from http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-47a.shtml removed>
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>--
>Al Dorrington awdorrin_at_ictest.delcoelect.com
>Delco Electronics - IC CIM Database & Unix Administrator
>Kokomo, Indiana, USA Phone: 765.451.9655

The AOL4FREE.COM trojan horse may be a threat, but it still isn't a virus--it can't spread on its own.

If you read the notice from the ciac.llnl.gov website, please also read a reasonable perspective on how serious this trojan horse is at: http://kumite.com/myths/

Steve Cosner Received on Mon Apr 28 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT