[60897] in North American Network Operators' Group
Don't beat me, but i've noticed a huge influx of these .pif virii
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Drew Weaver)
Tue Aug 19 16:17:57 2003
From: Drew Weaver <drew.weaver@thenap.com>
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:33:19 -0400
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Don't kill me for posting this, it may be slightly off topic but
I have noticed a very odd spike in traffic with these virii that have .pifs
attached to them.
The subject is random.
The body always says:
"See attached file for details" and they're always a pif file.
Anyone else notice this?
-Drew
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> Don't kill me for posting this, it may be
slightly off topic but I have noticed a very odd spike in traffic with these virii
that have .pifs attached to them. </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The subject is random.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The body always says:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>"See attached file for details" and they're
always a pif file.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Anyone else notice this?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>-Drew</span></font></p>
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