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[Rebecca O Connell <rloconne AT unity.ncsu.edu>]

Title: Re: [internetworkers] sobig, yet soannoying

Can a .pif file be launched by opening a Word file? A coworker of mine got a message saying that a .pif virus had been caught and quarantined when he opened a Word file that a colleague sent him (one that he had been expecting, that looked as expected when opened).

Also, do you always have to open the attachment in order for the virus to work? We got the Sobig virus here (and possibly a few others as well) and I have a hard time believing that as many people open suspicious attachments as got the virus. I love my Mac. And my Mac loves me. It does.

On 8/22/03 10:30 AM, "Ruth Suehle" <wuzzled AT nc.rr.com> wrote:

>> Anyone gotten spammed by Sobig?  I've gotten somewhere around 10 emails in
>> the last 24 hours,
> 
> You poor poor thing. Between my work address (particularly the public
> webmaster-type address) and my home spam-target address and the variety of
> worms this week, I've deleted nearly 2000 messages since Tuesday.
> 
>> Anyone else had similar experiences?
> 
> Yeah, you might say that.
> 
> Ruth
> 
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