Re: ILY virus

[sarnold () WILLAMETTE EDU (Seth R Arnold)]

* illu5i0n () HUSHMAIL COM <illu5i0n () HUSHMAIL COM> [000504 13:42]:
> I got it.  It is nasty.  You have to reinstall window and all apps to clean
> it up.  It trashes mp2, mp3, jpg, and all windows scripts.  It can be recognized
> by looking for the string "Khaled Mardam-Bey" in the data stream going into
> your mail server.

illu5i0n, I want to ensure that people recognize that Khaled Mardam-Bey
is the author of mIRC, and not of the virus (of course, I am guessing he
isn't the author of the virus.. iirc, someone else has put their own
name in the thing). mIRC is used only as a transport mechanism for the
virus.

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