Klarinet Archive - Posting 000407.txt from 2001/12

From: "Mark Charette" <charette@-----.org>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: strange message
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 14:53:59 -0500

> My computer also blocked a virus from a list member a few days
> ago. It was
> sent privately, didn't come through the Digest, but the
> interesting thing is
> that apparently the virus program can fish an e-mail address out
> of the list
> from way back.

No, it's not fishing the email from "way back".
This particular virus just scans the Inbox for addresses. Many people don't
read their email every day or may be on vacation - when they get back and
read their email the virus just starts looking at the "From:" addresses.

mark C.

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