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Virus warning

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Hi, if you have any particularly sketchy individuals on your msn list, and they send you something like this :

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Perhaps clicking it is not the best option ;-)

I clicked it, and saved it with the other viruses that I've collected out of interest over the years :

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-rw------- 1 fred fred   9875 2005-11-02 17:41 1.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  30720 2004-07-08 15:13 anothervirus.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  22016 2004-06-03 06:35 Bill.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  50688 2003-06-23 15:09 Bugbear.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  93896 2003-06-24 21:32 HOTSEX.EXE
-rw------- 1 fred fred  38912 2008-03-31 22:45 IMG00231.JPG-live.messenger.com
-rw------- 1 fred fred  76288 2008-01-06 18:52 img0794-www.photoshare.com
-rw------- 1 fred fred  32766 2003-06-23 15:12 Lirva.a.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  59392 2003-03-04 19:41 Magistr.a.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  10784 2005-11-22 03:43 Mimail.m.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  22528 2004-01-27 18:42 Mydoom.a.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  25353 2004-02-29 10:18 Netsky.c.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  17424 2004-03-05 08:36 Netsky.d.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  29568 2004-06-06 01:51 Netsky.p.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  53554 2005-11-22 03:43 newVirus.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  24996 2004-07-22 11:59 NewVirus.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  12800 2004-06-24 16:16 ReadMe.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred  86528 2007-08-14 08:37 virus.backdoor.worm.msn.ircbot.zi.abex.bdr.xj.exe
-rw------- 1 fred fred 184320 2008-02-24 22:54 virus.from.dion.exe
That's 4 per year that might have got me had I been running windoze :-)

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