Re: Osama Found Hanged

From: Me (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 07:49:18 +1000

Howard wrote:

> Why, I think I'll just click on this here little link to a zip file!
> Surely, nothing BAD could happen... :-O

Does just clicking on it activate the virus? I thought you had to
unzip the stuff inside and execute the contents?

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