Phillipa Burney
is his secretary's name....
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| "Phillipa Burney"<boydcc@xtra.co.nz> | |
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| andrewboyd@hotmail.com | |
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| Mon, 23 Jul 2001 14:53:20 +1200 | |
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8.2Hazardflowchart2.doc.pif (197k) |
Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later. Thanks |
| Notice: Attachments are automatically scanned for viruses using Mcafee |
To: 'Andrew Boyd'
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 2:29 PM
Subject: Norton AntiVirus detected a virus in a
message you sent. The infected attachment was deleted.
Recipient of the infected attachment: Alethea Ang\Inbox
Subject of the message: 12 March 2001
One or more attachments were deleted
Attachment 12 March 2001.doc.pif was Deleted for the following reasons:
Virus W32.Sircam.Worm@mm was found.
----- Original Message -----
From: Postmaster@irevolution.com
To: andrewboyd@myself.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 3:59 PM
Subject: RE:12 March 2001
Your Message contained some elements that could not be
fully checked for Viruses. This message has been quarantined. Please contact
iRevolution Support on 01895 445454.
Hi there Andrew....long time no hear.
What's it all about?
I just have a list of schools in China.
Karl
>From: "Andrew Boyd"
>To: klittnz@hotmail.com
>Subject: Beijing Foreign Studies University
>Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 16:02:24 +1200
>
>Hi! How are you?
>
>I send you this file in order to have your advice
>
>See you later. Thanks
><< BeijingForeignStudiesUniversity.doc.pif
>>
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So it just goes to show, the maxim: "Only open files from trusted friends" doesn't even hold here! these infected emails were sent unintentionally! as soon as I knew this was going on I sent out an email telling everyone to "delete that email!":
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and attachment 12March2001.doc.pif
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And then I discovered it was changing itself!!from subjects of: March 13, I also got replies like:
----- Original Message -----
From: Ruzana Abd Samad
To: 'Andrew Boyd'
Cc: Information Systems
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 5:20 PM
Subject: Virus
Attachment file : BeijingF.bat
Virus name : W32/SirCam@MM
Action taken : Unable to Clean...
----- Original Message -----
From: Ravi K.Menon
To: andrewboyd@myself.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: Beijing Foreign Studies University
Andrew - i cannot open the file. can u resave and resend as a .doc file as
i cannot open a .doc.bat file.Ravi
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Andrew Boyd"<andrewboyd@myself.com>
To: rkm@hotmail.com
Subject: Beijing Foreign Studies University
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 17:08:43 +1200Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks
<< BeijingForeignStudiesUniversity.doc.bat >>
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