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 03:07:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.nacamar.de!uninett.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Somebody on this List Has Worms Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:07:47 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PVV Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.241.83.78 X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1069758467 24622 129.241.83.78 (25 Nov 2003 11:07:47 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 11:07:47 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.0 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2917 Date: 2003-11-25T11:07:47+00:00 List-Id: On 2003-11-24, Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote: > 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. > > Thanks, Warren. > Perhaps, but I don't think so. I think it is just the worms that are crawling the newsgroups for e-mail addresses to send itself to. -- "Saving keystrokes is the job of the text editor, not the programming language."