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Re: List you have a greeting card from .



Sorta like the UNIX/Linux virus that circulates 
regularly?

"This is the *nix virus. It works on the honor system.
Please randomly delete a bunch of files from your 
hard disk, and pass this message on to everybody 
in your mailing list.

Thank you for your cooperation."

/kevin
On Friday 08 November 2002 12:50, Jeremy H. Griffith 
wrote:
> Strictly speaking, the Friends Greetings message is
> not a virus. It is an example of "social
> engineering"; it *asks* you to download the real
> virus, which then obtains your permission (buried in
> a license agreement) to send mail to all your
> Outlook contacts.  Yet another reason not to use
> Outlook, IMHO.  See:
> http://vil.mcafee.com/dispVirus.asp?virus_k=99760
> for the whole story, with screenshots.
>
> Again, the message *itself* is harmless.  Just don't
> try to download the card... ;-)

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