(FRNETMIB) KLEZ worm on the frnetmib email list, time to shut down the lists
"Andrew G. Malis" <[email protected]> Thu, 23 May 2002 06:54:09 -0400
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Hello, former frnetmib-ers and ion-ers. These two lists has been, for whatever reason, EXTREMELY popular for attempted spam and virus attacks. However, I've had list filtering in place since day one and the only person seeing all this activity was me. However, given the KLEZ worm's ability to send messages with forged real addresses collected from newsgroups and other sources, it was inevitable that a message would make it through sooner or later with a forged address that was actually on the list, which is what happened last night on the message with the subject line "(FRNETMIB) So cool a flash,enjoy it". I trust that you're all smart enough to not open the attachment, and I urge you to keep your virus software updated. That leads to my next part of this message. I haven't seen a real message on the lists for a very long time. In fact, you've probably even forgotten that you're on either one or both of them. So I'm going to shut them down within the next few days. I just wanted one last chance to thank all of you that have contributed to both working groups in the past. All my best, Andy Former chair, frnetmib & ion working groups X-Info: To unsubscribe, email '[email protected]' with X-Info: 'unsubscribe frnetmib' in the body of the message.