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May 20, 2004, 06:25 PM
 
Umm....



Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 17:33:59 -0400
From: news@macnn.com
To: stone (at) uchicago {dot} E D u
Subject: Information
Part(s):
2 Notice.zip application/octet-stream 29.99 KB

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That's it. Had a zip file. I d/loaded it (yes I know, i took precautions, don't worry) but the file was nothing (of course, duh).
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May 20, 2004, 06:44 PM
 
Just one of these damn virus e-mails. It didn't really come from news@macnn.com as the viruses always fake the sender these days. Don't ever open the attachment if you're on a Windows machine (actually, there's not much reason to open the attachment ever).

If I were you, I'd edit your e-mail address out of that post. Spammers might harvest it.

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May 20, 2004, 06:51 PM
 
ok that makes sense. i just find it funny that someone from macnn was spammed to me. he.

i run linux and OS X (linux primarily) so i don't fear windows viruses.
     
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May 21, 2004, 11:16 PM
 
Originally posted by bstone:
ok that makes sense. i just find it funny that someone from macnn was spammed to me. he.

i run linux and OS X (linux primarily) so i don't fear windows viruses.
I'm guessing you sent an email to news @ macnn recently so it spoofed that.

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virus maybe
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