Bill Jonas on Wed, 7 Nov 2001 18:00:11 +0100


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Re: [PLUG] My father was the smartest


On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 11:39:00AM -0500, Paul wrote:
> A batch file is usually a plain text script. This one is binary. 
> Maybe they thought that the .bat extension would fool someone into 
> executing the program.

I received one privately, as well.  (I think it was to plug-admin, but
I've already deleted it.)  This one had an attachment named School.com.
It seems as though it might be a more sophisticated version of the
Sircam virus/worm for Microsoft products.  (No offense is meant by
calling it a "Microsoft worm", merely identification.  It goes both
ways; I'd refer to L10N as a "RedHat worm" or "Linux worm".)

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