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[Judy Hallman <hallman AT email.unc.edu>]

From the UNC Campus Support List at 12:22 today, in part:

> The W32.Mydoom.M@mm is spreading rapidly.  This virus has been seen by and 
> tricked many
> users. 

Judy Hallman (hallman AT rtpnet.org, http://www.rtpnet.org/hallman)
Executive Director, RTPnet, NC (http://www.RTPnet.org/)
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matusiak wrote:

> Anyone else getting 1,400 of these an hour?  It all seemed to begin 
> around noon today.  Basically, false "delivery failure" reports, most 
> indicating that my infected computer is running a hidden proxy server 
> for spammers.  They all seem to have Windows viruses attached, which is 
> wasting a lot of bandwidth.  And, no, the message below did *not* come 
> from "The matusiak.org support team."
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> > From: "Bounced mail" <noreply AT matusiak.org>
> > Date: July 26, 2004 1:03:39 PM EDT
> > To: dave @ matusiak.org
> > Subject: Delivery reports about your e-mail
> >
> > Dear user dave @ matusiak.org,
> >
> > Your account was used to send a large amount of spam messages during 
> > the recent week.
> > Obviously, your computer was infected and now runs a hidden proxy server.
> >
> > We recommend that you follow the instructions in order to keep your 
> > computer safe.
> >
> > Have a nice day,
> > The matusiak.org support team.
>
>
> <Infected .zip file deleted>
>
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