Spoofed email
If anyone else has received an email with the subject line “The Garden of Eden” which appears to originate from my rousette.org.uk email address, I hope that I don’t need to tell you that I didn’t send it. I’ve received one email from a perplexed recipient already, but I’m reluctant to reply directly to the sender in case it’s an even more byzantine spamming attempt.
The email is most likely from a sender who is unknowingly infected with the Klez virus. This virus can spoof the “From:” address using an entry in the address book of an infected user. So if any of you have my email address in your address book (and you are devil-may-care enough to use MS LookOut Outlook), perhaps you might think about giving your hard drive a quick once-over with an anti-virus application.
This has been a Bsag Computer Safety Announcement. “Charlie says ‘Don’t play with viruses’.”1
1 Google has failed me. I made a valiant attempt to provide an explanatory link for those who weren’t watching UK television in the 1970s, and were therefore not exposed to Charlie the Cat’s unintelligible pronouncements about the utter foolishness of playing on railway lines. A Bsag Brownie Point goes to the first person providing a link…
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/475994.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/475000/video/475994flint_vi.ram http://21st-century-home.co.uk/dvd/dvd.pl/item-B00005KFVL/shop.htm
... and here's the best one:
http://www.80snostalgia.com/classictv/charleysays/
by bsag @ 21/01/2004 7:01 am • Permalink •
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i was bitterly disillusioned for a moment by the thought of google failing...
by stacy @ 21/01/2004 11:01 am • Permalink •
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The spelling threw me for a minute or two, but one of my Google searchies on 'Charlie the Cat' had the alternative spelling. Besides, the promise of a Bsag Brownie Point was a powerful incentive
by djn1 @ 21/01/2004 4:02 pm • Permalink •
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djn1: Those Brownie points are like gold dust, y'know, though without any monetary value
My "charlie says" came up with a lot of "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off ".
by bsag @ 21/01/2004 8:01 pm • Permalink •
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I'll cherish it
And, given my new title, I'm not giving any of my googling secrets away:
http://ambient.typepad.com/peteslog/2004/01/applescriptcon.html#c507790
by djn1 @ 21/01/2004 9:01 pm • Permalink •
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djn1: Great title - 'Cap'n Google'. You'll have to cultivate a thick white beard and a salty sea-dog accent. Or else take to wearing your underpants over your trousers and living in a secret underground lair. I'll leave the choice up to you.
by bsag @ 22/01/2004 9:01 pm • Permalink •
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djn1: Ah yes, Sir has made an excellent choice.
by bsag @ 22/01/2004 10:01 pm • Permalink •
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ooh arrrrrrrr, me mateys
by djn1 @ 22/01/2004 10:02 pm • Permalink •
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Dear gril I am pakistani i am visa in uk please send a visa in my home address
Address R-471/2 F.B.Area karachi pakistan
Phone no 00923002367924
by Rashid @ 19/02/2004 8:03 am • Permalink •
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