RE: [CR]OT, Viruses and How We Get 'Em

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 13:55:52 -0600 (MDT)
From: "M. Chandler" <cyclist@dimensional.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]OT, Viruses and How We Get 'Em
In-Reply-To: <ABC4A5183996D411BF92000629EEABAD3662B3@mail-server.urc.com>


On Thu, 17 May 2001, Moos, Jerry wrote:
> Well motivations vary. One of the most publicized recent viruses was an
> attachment purporting to contain photos of tennis star Anna Kournikova. For
> anyone who knows who Kournikova is, the motivation to open that attachment
> was obvoius. Suffice it to say that recipients probably imagined she was
> demonstrating something more inspiring than a backhand volley. Hackers have
> become expert at exploiting human nature.

Yes, but *I* haven't seen anything with an attachment named, "NervexLugs.Naked".

--mc (I <Heart> Pine)

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