From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,94066ba9841467b3 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-25 00:56:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!elnk-pas-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone2.kc.rr.com!news2.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Sender: kst@nuthaus.mib.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Somebody on this List Has Worms References: From: Keith Thompson Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:56:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.91.248.166 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1069750561 66.91.248.166 (Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:56:01 PST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 00:56:01 PST Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2914 Date: 2003-11-25T08:56:01+00:00 List-Id: "Warren W. Gay VE3WWG" writes: > Every time I post with a new email address to this > group, I start getting those pesky Microsoft Update > worm messages. > > If you're reading this group (comp.lang.ada), then > and your email client collects email addresses in > your address book, then please do a virus check. > > One or more of you are badly infected. In my experience, posting with a new address to any newsgroup causes an influx of spam and viruses. There's no particular reason to think that someone reading this particular newsgroup is infected. There's software out there that collects e-mail addresses from Usenet and other sources in general. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org San Diego Supercomputer Center <*> Schroedinger does Shakespeare: "To be *and* not to be" (Note new e-mail address)