On (26 Jul 97) Chris Evans wrote to Gordon Frey...
GF> GF> CE> Does anyone know whether this sounds like a known virus? ...
 CE> last
GF> GF> CE>Thursday all
GF> GF> CE> the files in root C (not in dir's) were wiped, and this
 CE> Thursday
GF> my config and
GF> GF> CE> autoexec files, including .bak ones, were wiped.
GF> I've had problems with hostile java scripts when browsing
GF> some sites on the internet deleting files though
GF> (hacking/pkr/virii site).
 CE> Hey Gord, that's nasty stuff.  I've often wondered how easy it would be
Clip
 CE> be a 
 CE> few per week, and I see more ppl placing such things as REMOVE_ME in 
their
 CE> e-addresses to throw off the auto spam bots that search the newsgroups 
for
Well the spammer have automated the the removal of strings from 
email address.  I would only put the correct address in the body 
to the message.   Yes the person said it was very easy to write a 
cookie that would format your harddrive.... but like I said he 
does the programing daily for a living...
Gordon
... Teenagers are God's punishment for enjoying sex!
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