Email virus spreads memetically; damages with autoimmune response

From: Dave Gross (dave@eorbit.net)
Date: Thu May 31 2001 - 00:27:51 BST

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From: Dave Gross <dave@eorbit.net>
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Subject: Email virus spreads memetically; damages with autoimmune response
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    Just got this URL forwarded to me about an email virus that spreads
    memetically (by which I mean that it just persuades people to forward it,
    rather than executing code on the receiving machine that causes it to be
    spread) but that, unlike any other examples of memetically-spreading email
    viruses I'm aware of, may do damage to the recipient's machine by provoking
    the recipient to delete an important system file that the email labels as a
    dangerous virus. Sneaky!

    http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/pf/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html

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