[R] Virus Alert

[Kurt Sys]

Hello,


just to be sure: I already got a few messages like the one below,
about virus Sobig.C. They seem to be send to
r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch. I hope everybody on the list gets them, or
something is very wrong with my system. I checked for virusses (using
both f-prot and antivir), but couldn't find any. Moveover, as far as I
know, a Linux system can't be infected by Sobig C.

So, I wonder: is everyone on the list getting these messages? is it my
system, or somebody else's? if it's mine, why is it not found (I have
recent definition files)? if it's not, can I found out who's system is
infected?


Kurt.




--
Mail from auto-filter at xtra.co.nz
sent on Tuesday June 3 2003 at 08:17 (GMT+1200):

   An attachment called (WORM_SOBIG.C) in an email that appears to
   have been sent from your email address to (arrowcomp at xtra.co.nz)
   contained the virus (WORM_SOBIG.C), which has been deleted.
   
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