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to: MARK LEWIS
from: KK4QBN
date: 2017-09-17 11:06:00
subject: photo.scr

  Re: photo.scr
  By: mark lewis to KK4QBN on Sun Sep 17 2017 08:09:36

 KQ>> I beieve i've actually seen photo,scr replicate also.. all I used to
 KQ>> have left was one upload directory, and found that file in multiple
 KQ>> directorys after being away from the system a few days.

 ML> it cannot replicate just sitting there... self-replication requires that
 ML> it is executed and if you had done that, then you would have had an
 ML> infestation to clean up... more likely is that someone found another way
 ML> to upload it to those other areas... your logs should be able to tell you
 ML> more... 

well.. I believe when the system was updating the filelist (addfiles) it
replicated.. there would be no other possible way for it to move from the only
upload directory I had to the root directory of the drive my BBS was on.. and I
did'nt execute this file in any manners whatsoever..

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Tim Smith (KK4QBN)
KK4QBN BBS

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