[lug] ... is there a virus afflicting this list ??? ...

[Calvin Dodge]

bill ehlert wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> i just got three msgs alleging to come
> from this list.
> 
>     each 18k in size
> 
>     each with a file attached
> 
>     each with a subject line something like:
> 
>       [lug] xxxxxxx... yy
> 
>     where the x's are 11 random alpha characters
>     and the y's  --  uh, i forget.
> 
> 
>   anybody have any ideas???

Well, I threw one of the messages against Mom's Clamav filter, and it says 
"VIRUS!"  The same is probably true of the other messages.

FWIW, one message came from a computer at ibm.com, while the others were 
apparently from residential broadband users (ionsky.com and Verizon DSL0.

Calvin

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Calvin Dodge
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