Normally I don't pass along virii spam. This came from Prof David Farber's
IP list. Farber was a chief technologist at the FCC last year while on
sabbatical from U. Penn. Probably one of the few who can actually claim to
have "invented" the Internet (ARPA.net).
It is also confirmed at Norton/Symantec here:
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.peachypdf@mm.html
Scary if virus' can get passed by PDF files.
Matt Murray
mattm@optonline.net
>Subject: New Virus Spreads using Acrobat Files
>
>Wednesday, August 8, 2001
>NEW VIRUS SPREADS USING ACROBAT FILES
>
>A VIRUS THAT infects PDF (Portable Document Format)
>files, used by Adobe Systems' Acrobat software, was
>identified Tuesday, according to two security organizations.
>
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