Re: OT: HEADS-UP: viral storm out there

From: Ron Johnson <ron(dot)l(dot)johnson(at)cox(dot)net>
To: PgSQL General ML <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: OT: HEADS-UP: viral storm out there
Date: 2003-09-20 21:47:10
Message-ID: 1064094429.14510.83.camel@haggis
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On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 17:16, Christopher Browne wrote:
> Nikola(dot)Milutinovic(at)ev(dot)co(dot)yu ("Nikola Milutinovic") writes:
> > This is off topic and is a cross-post, so I'll be brief. There is a
> > very nasty virus out there and I urge everybody to get their AV in
> > order. The virus is known as: "W32.Gibe-F" or "W32.Swen-A".
>
> CERT has a report on it (if the URL resolves :-().
>
> http://www.cert.org/current/current_activity.html#swena
>
> I have been receiving _thousands_ of these today, and others are
> reporting similar. It's as bad for us not running W32 as it is for
> those that are...

Except they can get infected.

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