Re: what's going on?

From: Paul Burkhardt (burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun Aug 10 1997 - 06:13:38 PDT


Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 08:13:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: Paul Burkhardt <burkhard@aries.scs.uiuc.edu>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3031$foo@default>
Subject: Re: what's going on?

Hi Stuart,

> Occasionally when I recieve a listserv digest, there is a message with
> *no* subject...address...to...from...?? and no signature...in fact, just
> a message as follows in with all the other postings:
>
> Hi! I'm a signature virus (mutant version), copy me to your .signature
> file to join in.

I don't believe there is anything to worry about. It is just a benign
signature. Technically, I suppose it is a virus since it can be passed
to others, but only if people want it.

Paul Burkhardt



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