[GayPattayan]

A new computer worm coming in mail messages that Americans especially might feel they have to open is a big threat now. Drawing on CIA and FBI propensities to intrude into private lives -- and Americans' realistic concerns about the FBI's likely intrusions into our personal lives, I thought this virus alert should be noted. It certainly can hit us in Thailand, and "gay interests" are involved because of the nature of the message designed to "make" us open the message.<br>
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From The Washington Post: "It's being called the worst computer worm of the year -- a fast-spreading Internet threat that looks like an official e-mail from the CIA or FBI but can leave your computer wide open to intruders.<br>
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"The bogus e-mail claims the government has discovered you visiting "illegal" Web sites and asks you to open an attachment to answer some official questions. If you do, your computer gets infected with malware that can disable security and firewall programs and blast out similar e-mails to contacts in your address book. It can also keep you from getting to computer security Web sites that might help fix the problem, and it may open your Windows computer to intruders who can steal your personal data.<br>
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"The worm -- named "Sober X" -- has spread so far so fast that the CIA and the FBI put prominent warnings on their Web sites making clear that they did not send out the e-mail and urging people to not open the attachment.<br>
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"Across the Atlantic Ocean, Austria's equivalent to the FBI is investigating a flurry of similar bogus e-mails sent in its name to people in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, the Associated Press reported." -- end of quoted material. <br>
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At least for now, it would be unwise to open any such mail supposedly from the FBI or CIA!<br>
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I just checked the FBI's official web site, www.fbi.gov, and found this notice verifying the danger: <br>
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"Top Story<br>
Gotten E-Mail from the FBI?<br>
Don't Be Fooled by Internet Scam<br>
Beware of yet another wave of virus-laden e-mails sent out with false FBI addresses. The bogus e-mails claim that the FBI has been monitoring your Internet use, that you've accessed illegal websites, and that you need to answer questions provided on an e-mail attachment." --<!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.fbi.gov">www.fbi.gov</a><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>
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G.P. <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p092.ezboard.com/bsawatdeeforum.showUserPublicProfile?gid=gaypattayan>GayPattayan</A> at: 23/11/05 10:52 pm<br></i>

[jinks]

Nosey Limies should not open it either.<br>
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I had 3 copies sent so I knew it was bad. <p><!--EZCODE HR START--><hr /><!--EZCODE HR END--><!--EZCODE IMAGE START--><img src="http://www.jinks.clara.net/forum/signedani.gif" style="border:0;"/><!--EZCODE IMAGE END--></p><i></i>

[Silom]

I got that virus in an email. It went straight to trash, attachment unopened. I am more interested in the letter from the son of former Dictator Mobuto of Congo, who needs my help to get 20 million dollar out of a bank. I will get 40%. He came to the right guy. <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :smokin --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smokin.gif ALT=":smokin"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p></p><i></i>

[Yimsuai]

<!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>I am more interested in the letter from the son of former Dictator Mobuto of Congo,<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br>
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Why; how young is he? <p></p><i></i>