Re: [Nolug] Am I getting viruses?

From: Christopher Porter <cdporter00_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 06:43:35 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <20030115144335.39610.qmail@web11705.mail.yahoo.com>

You might have received the W32/Sobig@MM e-mail worm. It's comes as
wither a .pif or .pi attachment. You can read more about it here:

http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_99950.htm

Chris

--- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Twice in the past few days, I've gotten files ".pif" files emailed
> to me as attachments. Running strings(1) shows stuff like:
> !This program cannot be run in DOS mode.
> kernel32.dll
> user32.dll
> GetModuleHandleA
> MessageBoxA
>
> So, *is* someone trying to infect me?
>
> --
> +------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Ron Johnson, Jr. mailto:ron.l.johnson@cox.net |
> | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson |
> | |
> | "Basically, I got on the plane with a bomb. Basically, I |
> | tried to ignite it. Basically, yeah, I intended to damage |
> | the plane." |
> | RICHARD REID, who tried to blow up American Airlines |
> | Flight 63 |
> +------------------------------------------------------------+
>
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