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From: McEve
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:02

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"Darktyger" <darktyger@overthere.nothere> wrote in message
news:3ljmmv4hfhhs580hpkdusgki8c0sl2cc3u@4ax.com...
> Does it, perhaps, send out copies of itself by hijacking the infected
> system's email/usenet programs and sending itself out?

Indeed it does

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.swen.a@mm.html

I'm getting 100 mails an hour as we speak. It doesn't worry me as they are
all filtered out, but I do feel sorry for those who do not have the ability
to filter, and sitting on a modem, the mails are 100 to 150 KB each.

All because some teenager is being bored with life and seeking attention.
Stupid and unimaginative people.

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From: "McEve" <mc...@azcappy.com>
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Subject: Re: virus spam
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:02:30 +0200
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