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to: Joe Barr
from: Geo.
date: 2003-01-08 06:24:06
subject: Re: Daily worm - a question

From: "Geo." 

"Joe Barr"  wrote in message
news:3e1bfac1{at}w3.nls.net...

> From the story.  But why does an Outlook security bug allow worms to be
> spread through IRC?

I read the story but haven't seen anything on it yet from the AV vendors.
that suggests to me that the ZD story was rushed before research on how it
works was completed. My guess is that it uses IRC to announce it's infected
another box.

Geo.

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