tickticker wrote:
> The more recent virii have the annoying trait
> of searching many different file types on your
> computer for email addresses, thereby harvesting
> a far greater number of varied email addresses
> than just the address book contains.
The ugly thing about this is that they then use
these addresses not just as recipients, but as
the "sender" as well -- randomly. The effect is
that everyone whose addresses the victim has
on his PC (if it's a Windows PC) is likely to
receive a worm-bearing message from someone he
recognizes as an acquaintance, and is more likely
to open the attachment ...
Y'know, there are some people who deny that there
is any such thing as "evil". Go figure.
Vic
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