[109693] in Cypherpunks
Re: Melissa offshoot uses nym.alias.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Thu Apr 1 22:27:13 1999
Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 08:21:20 -0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <199904010500.HAA18409@mail.replay.com>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
At 07:00 AM 4/1/99 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
>This from ZDNet:
>: Syndicate takes the nasty Melissa scourge one step further, letting the
>: owner of one e-mail address track its spread. The so-called Syndicate
>: virus, reported by Computer Associates, acts just like Melissa -- except
>: that it sends out 70 e-mails, 69 that spread the virus to others, and
>: one to the e-mail address project1@nym.alias.net that reads "Guess whos
>: infected:" followed by the e-mail of the person who just received the
>: virus. The e-mail address appears to be anonymous. <P>
Sigh. Too bad it doesn't also send mail to billg@microsoft.com :-)
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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