User: blackrazz

Very funny "ILOVEYOU" story

On: I Love You "Virus" Hates Everyone

I received this from a friend this morning:

I'm sure by now you've all heard of the 'ILOVEYOU' e-mail virus. Well, on
hearing about this in the news first thing this morning, an unnamed manager
physically disconnected (without the sysadmin knowing) the mail server to
'protect' our LAN - so the virus had a fantastic, if unintended DoS effect
on our organisation at least. As an added bonus, the mail server which was
disconnected was also the authentication server for our network, so logins
and various network apps failed, and made for one happy sysadmin.

Let me share with you a couple of e-mails everyone received a little later
this morning, once the mail servers were brought back:

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From: an unknown manager
Subject: ILOVEYOU virus

Attention all staff,

If you have received any e-mails with a subject line containing "ILOVEYOU",
DO NOT OPEN.

Delete this e-mail immediately and contact the IT Help desk on xxxx.

Thank you
The unknown manager

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This came half an hour later:

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From: the unknown manager
Subject: Virus alert correction

All Staff,

It has come to my attention that some staff may not have opened my last
e-mail because of the subject line, so I'm repeating it here:

If you have received any e-mails with a subject line containing "ILOVEYOU",
DO NOT OPEN.

Delete this e-mail immediately and contact the IT Help desk on xxxxx.

Thank you

The unknown manager

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After that correction to the original, another problem remained - everyone
took 'this email' in the correct grammatical sense and immediately deleted
the warning e-mail and called the IT helpdesk. Best laugh I've had in a
long time.....