On Tue, 12 Sep 2000, Dan Becker wrote:

> It came through on the PigHabit-L list.  The subject line of the email will
> read "Sig Tag."  It has an attachment named "2AngelCherubsSigtag."  It is an
> executable that will infect your computer with the "I Love You" worm, a very
> nasty one indeed.
>
> The perpetrator signed onto PigHabit-L then sent the email to the list.  I
> have banned the email address that sent it, so at least they cannot do so
> again.

Is this a joke?  The file seemed to be just a plain vanilla JPEG of two
cherubs.

Of course, even if it were a bug, it couldn't infect my UNIX mail.
However, I forwarded it to my office account to see what the image was.
We have all kinds of heavy duty virus protection here at U-M, and opening
the image didn't set off the scan, or indeed do anything at all, as far as
I can tell, other than show a pseudo 19th century picture of two cherubs.

Hours have passed since then, and none of my correspondents (including
many computer geeks) have complained of receiving "I love you" mail from
me.

I could be wrong, but this warning sounds hoax-ish to me.

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