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AthlGrond
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edit:
May 5th, @01:36PM

reply to Tomek
Re: Nice

said by Tomek See Profile:

Since everybody loves football in Europe
Which brings up the obvious question of who in the US would get this virus?

(Aside from the Europeans who just happen to be here of course...)

[Edit]
I guess I should have been more specific:

Who in the US would see "a zip file by promising them they have won tickets to the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany" and think that it's real? (Since almost no one in the US follows World Cup.)

Of course there are those people that will open anything, but of the remaining people... Come on!

[/Edit]

kpatz
MY HEAD A SPLODE
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join:2003-06-13
Manchester, NH

Well, it's clear that many users in the US still fall for emails that read "Your password" or "Your mail was rejected" and click on the attachment. Especially when there's also a message in some of them that read "No virus was found".
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a

@qwest.net
reply to AthlGrond
only the computer illiterate could even possibly get this virus which is pretty much 75% of the US.


Derch
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join:2004-10-16
Tulsa, OK
reply to AthlGrond
I'm not quite an admin, but I do know that users will open any e-mail that says "free" in the subject line.


a drunk

reply to kpatz
I was sober this morning... but now I'm drunk again

shashinka

join:2000-09-16
West Boylston, MA
reply to AthlGrond
No viruses around here. The only activity I have seen is from my firewall stating the there was a sober variant attacking or something but no attachments on any work or home e-mail of friends, family or coworkers.
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