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To: RWG
The blue screen of death is success?

Well it is ... it means another system won't be sending me a "Wicked screensaver" or a notice about a movie I should see.

Hrmmm ... I wonder if I could configure my firewall so that if I notice an incoming SoBig email I'll nmap their IP address and see if I can send them a winpopup message that says "Patch your machine, dork"
14 posted on 08/21/2003 4:35:42 PM PDT by lelio
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To: lelio
Hrmmm ... I wonder if I could configure my firewall so that if I notice an incoming SoBig email I'll nmap their IP address and see if I can send them a winpopup message that says "Patch your machine, dork"

Considering the conversation, I don't think you could do this.

18 posted on 08/21/2003 4:40:42 PM PDT by milan
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To: lelio
APparently not, because this AM's reports on the virus indicated that it ALSO masks the sender address.

Interestingly, I got a virus from what appeared to be a Microsoft email to me--about 60 days ago. The virus was not at that time defined by Norton--but it was about 3 days later. The message was 'Response to your Question.'

Didn't cause any problems for me, except the box got a little slower--just a little--and on my regular Norton update day, after the download and scan, it told me I had a virus.

Cleaned up, no problem since. I think.
22 posted on 08/21/2003 4:42:04 PM PDT by ninenot (Democrats make mistakes. RINOs don't correct them.--Chesterton (adapted by Ninenot))
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To: lelio
We think alike.

Cheers,

knews hound
26 posted on 08/21/2003 4:45:05 PM PDT by knews_hound (Anyone else play Day of Defeat?)
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