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Re: OT: which worm is this?



on Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 01:39:59PM -0500, dman (dsh8290@rit.edu) wrote:
> 
> I have a friend who uses windows and aol.  Yesterday he fell for the
> hoax that says the long-filename support files are a virus and removed
> it.  Today he saw that many copies of a gential enlargment spam
> message were sent from his email account.  He doesn't have any virus
> scan software, and I am in the process of obtaining some to scan his
> system.  
> 
> I am wondering if anyone is familiar with a windows virus/worm that
> sends out spam messages through aol.  If you have heard of something,
> please let me know so I can research it and help my friend clean his
> system.

Cheapbytes sells GNU/Linux install disks for about $10, shipping
included.  A real ISP will support GNU/Linux.

Google "virus alert" should tell you all you need to know.

Peace.

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