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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] sobig, yet soannoying
  • Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 11:31:27 -0400

Is this a case of "if you use Outlook with the preview pane, and you
previewed the message, you automatically ran the attachment?"

I use Entourage X (with the preview pane disabled) under OS X, so I have not
put much thought into the mechanics of how Windows users allow their
computers to get infected.

David

On 8/22/03 10:48 AM, "Rebecca O Connell" <rloconne AT unity.ncsu.edu> wrote:

> 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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