[meteorite-list] OT: latest virus wave

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:37 2004
Message-ID: <3F4F4AF1.B53223B7_at_tkc.att.ne.jp>

Dear List,
   Public lynching, firing squad, torture or disembowelment would be in
order for this type of crime. The problem is that this person will be
rewarded for his misdeeds by getting lifetime employment at some secret
facility.
Sincere thanks for the forum, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

David Freeman wrote:

> Good Morning Ladies and Gentlemen;
> Lucky Us, the "So big" inventor, an 18 year old, is being picked up
> today according to this mornings news!
> Not to get EVERY bug inventor off to the big house...or boot hill!
> Hangem' high, at 25 a day,
> Dave F.
>
> Matson, Robert wrote:
>
> >Hi All,
> >
> >Regarding sobig.f and the latest wave of viruses, Matteo
> >wrote: "I am full of this emails in my ebay email, at 20
> >for day."
> >
> >Consider yourself fortunate. At the peak, I was getting 30
> >per hour. It is clear from the pattern of spoofed sender
> >e-mail addresses that at least one of our list members was
> >infected, and still is. Unfortunately, this virus takes
> >advantage of the "six degrees of separation" theory -- that
> >we are all connected to every other human being on the planet
> >by only 6 connections. (It's probably more than this when
> >confined to the internet -- perhaps 7 or 8 -- but you get the
> >idea.)
> >
> >Just consider how many addresses you have in your e-mail
> >address book and raise that to the 6th, 7th or 8th power.
> >Even allowing for redundancy and the (now) small fraction
> >of vulnerable computers, it doesn't take long before every
> >e-mail address is covered.
> >
> >Given the loss in worldwide productivity, the culprit or culprits
> >if ever caught should be sentenced to life in prison with no
> >possibility of parole. --Rob
> >
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