Re: Strange E-Mail WAS: Re: Has Anyone Heard of This?

From:    "Carsten Becker @ work" <post@...>
> Some days ago, I got an email from Thomas R. Wier (trwier@uchicago.edu was
> in the "name" field), it was also a bit strange. However, the title was "Re:
> Here" and the content was just "Read this!". A .PIF file was attached (I
> forgot its name). Because PIF's are executables, I did *NOT* download the
> attachment and immediately deleted that suspicious file. So Peter, if this
> was intention and you really wanted me to read something, please say so and
> send me that mail again.
There are lots of viruses rummaging around the Net like this
recently.  A lot of them spread by taking the address of some
email that happens to be in your inbox (or address book, or
what have you) and sending out the virus to other people in
the email (or address book, etc.).  Thus, you may or may not
recognize the person's email address.   (Sometimes these viruses
are shameless:  I got one the other day saying my virus
protection was no longer current and needed to be updated with
the attached update.  Needless to say, I didn't open the
attachment.)

Anyways, I didn't write that email, and I suggest others not
wasting their time reading similar emails either.

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Thomas Wier	       "I find it useful to meet my subjects personally,
Dept. of Linguistics    because our secret police don't get it right
University of Chicago   half the time." -- octogenarian Sheikh Zayed of
1010 E. 59th Street     Abu Dhabi, to a French reporter.
Chicago, IL 60637

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