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Date:      Thu, 4 May 2000 22:37:39 +0530
From:      Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Lloyd Rennie <lloyd@vbc.net>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ILOVEYOU
Message-ID:  <20000504223739.A4541@physics.iisc.ernet.in>
In-Reply-To: <20000504103000.T13668@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Thu, May 04, 2000 at 10:30:00AM -0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.10005041355080.53863-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net> <200005041642.JAA71580@apollo.backplane.com> <20000504185155.A21289@cichlids.cichlids.com> <20000504103000.T13668@fw.wintelcom.net>

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Alfred Perlstein said on May  4, 2000 at 10:30:00:
> * Alexander Langer <alex@big.endian.de> [000504 10:24] wrote:
> > Thus spake Matthew Dillon (dillon@apollo.backplane.com):
> > 
> > >     The 'virus' is the warning message itself, silly!
> > 
> > Nope, ILOVEYOU is a real virus.
> > 
> > It's quite funny. Here in Germany even the radio reported about it, it
> > seems to have crashed MANY companies and governmental institutions.
> 
> Now I'm jealous, when is mutt going to be able to automatically
> launch perl scripts sent to users?  I feel as if I'm missing out.

Wasn't there something about an appropriate mailcap entry letting you
execute arbitrary code?  It became known as a Pine bug but mutt
was affected, probably others too.




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