From: Martin Ambuhl <mambuhl AT earthlink DOT net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Nasm and Rhide Problems
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 05:39:18 -0500
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> At 03:06 AM 2/9/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >Alessandro Monopoli wrote:
> >>
> >>                   Name: Happy99.exe
> >>    Happy99.exe    Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
> >>               Encoding: x-uuencode
> >
> >WARNING!  This is a malicious post which will attempt to do damage to
> >your system.  As is often true, the poster is fake and it is routed
> >through *.ru servers.
> 
> What are you talking about? I have the original message from Alessandro
> Monopoli, and
> 1. It came from a .it server, not a .ru server, FWIW, and
> 2. It has no attachments.

I am talking about the forged post which some asshole replaced
Alessandro's with, routing it through well-known malicious *.ru sites.
That you received the original message, with no rerouting, and no
forging and replacement with an attached virus only means you were
lucky.

Thank you for making Alessandro's original post.  You should be happy
rather than offended when you are warned about people who try to destroy
your system.




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