JMS gets a Trojan

[B5JMS Poster]

Subject: JMS gets a Trojan
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s  1: Oct 18, 1996: Troy-Heagy at PSU.edu (Troy Heagy (Elec Engr: 24))
+  2: Oct 18, 1996: khaight at netcom.com (Kyle Haight)
*  3: Oct 18, 1996: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: Troy-Heagy at PSU.edu (Troy Heagy (Elec Engr: 24))
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> #: 594066 S5/Babylon 5: General
>    17-Oct-96  03:39:54
>Sb: #URGENT! HELP! from jms
>Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
>
>HELP!  I got zapped tonight!  Someone sent me what they SAID was a picture his
>kid made of a Starfury, said it'd be great if I could say an encouraging word
>or two about it.  So I downloaded the file, and it turned out to be a booby
>trap.  (No, I can't trace back the user, it's off the internet, and the address
>was an anon...didn't write it down.)
>
>Anyway, it DELETED MY DOS DIRECTORY and started to delete my Windows directory
>as well before I caught it at the last moment.


What a jerk!  That stupid idiot should be drowned, electrified, and hung
out to dry.  Probably works for Paramount! (just kidding)




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From: khaight at netcom.com (Kyle Haight)
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In article <v01540b05ae8d8d85eb69@[146.186.219.90]>,
Troy Heagy (Elec Engr: 24) <Troy-Heagy at PSU.edu> wrote:
>> #: 594066 S5/Babylon 5: General
>>    17-Oct-96  03:39:54
>>Sb: #URGENT! HELP! from jms
>>Fm: J. MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI
>>
>>...
>>Anyway, it DELETED MY DOS DIRECTORY and started to delete my Windows directory
>>as well before I caught it at the last moment.
>
>What a jerk!  That stupid idiot should be drowned, electrified, and hung
>out to dry.  Probably works for Paramount! (just kidding)

My initial response was "Boy, Paramount will go to _any_ lengths to
destroy the triple-encrypted B5 story arc on JMS' hard drive!"

--
Kyle Haight
khaight at netcom.com

"We are mice, posting to Usenet in the first stages of a complex plan
to Take Over The WORLD!"

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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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Just to jump in...I've now got most of the disk restored, still working on
the windows system directory (logging on to AOL from work), but it's
almost in hand, so there's no urgent need for email instructions at this
time...it should be okay soon.  Thanks.


 jms


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