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Date:      Sun, 09 Jul 2000 19:23:16 -0700
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@cup.hp.com>
To:        Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
Cc:        Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl>, Leif Neland <leif@neland.dk>, Josh Paetzel <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net>, Robert Small <robert@superjake.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Virus alert, was: Re: SCSI Question
Message-ID:  <39693394.C6EF59D1@cup.hp.com>
References:  <002401bfe936$a1e7ebe0$06a481d0@inu.net> <00b001b42883$21414b00$33cefea9@josh> <012701bfe9d4$fe322160$0e00a8c0@neland.dk> <20000709221220.A39448@lucifer.bart.nl> <20000709232831.G13648@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>

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Ben Smithurst wrote:
> 
> Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
> 
> > -On [20000709 21:20], Leif Neland (leifn@neland.dk) wrote:
> >> These messages are infected with the kak virus. See
> >> http://www.cai.com/virusinfo/encyclopedia/descriptions/wscript.htm
> >
> > Am I the only one to NOT see this?
> >
> > Both the original postings look normal in mutt whichever way I use to
> > look at them.
> 
> Try "|less".  I think it says a lot that you have to make special effort
> to even _see_ the virus on FreeBSD, when on Windows it probably gets
> executed by default...

Netscape runs it as well. Seeing Netscape start java is a clear sign.
It's probably harmless in this case, but I didn't wait to find that out.

-- 
Marcel Moolenaar
  mail: marcel@cup.hp.com / marcel@FreeBSD.org
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