Sony likes us so much!

[Edgar1898]

They even sent us that worm thats been going around:

-----Original Message-----
From: gherzbrun@soe.sony.com [mailto:gherzbrun@soe.sony.com]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:29 PM
To: dev@eqemulator.net
Subject: hello

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.

(worm attached)

Our reply:

Thank you for you interest in contributing to EQEmulator. I'm sorry, but at this time we are not excepting worms or virii as additions to our server emulation software.

-----Original Message-----
From: gherzbrun@soe.sony.com [mailto:gherzbrun@soe.sony.com]
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 10:29 PM
To: dev@eqemulator.net
Subject: hello

The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment.

[mattmeck]

ROFL

[x-scythe]

hahahaha sony is so generous and loving!!

[Doodman]

Btw, gherzbrun appears to be:

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,90732/

[x-scythe]

haha you should post the emails on the sony forums. see what they think of that

[Tertiary]

I would guess some disgruntled EQEmu board member forged the 'From' address of the email, but still quite funny nontheless.

[Sk8ordiek2k1]

thats great, love the reply

[squallloire]

It's a multi-mailer worm, which forges from addresses. Lots of it going about.

Don't Ruin the fun lol :lol:

[Edgar1898]

mass mailer, yes, but I dont think that address was spoofed out of nowhere. According to Symantec, it searches files for email addresses to use and tries to send the email using the persons email account, but is also known to spoof. That leaves three possibilities:

1. This guy from sony had our email address in one of his files and he was infected.

2. Someone is disgruntled at us and decided to send it to us in hopes of tricking us into opening it.

3. It is just a huge coincidence and the virus somehow come up with both our email address and the sender being from sony. I highly doubt this option though.

I'm thinking it was probably number 2, but 1 is definately cooler :P

[Kroeg]

LOL... I agree, #1 makes it fun.. now what would he be doing? heh.

[Mrwalsh]

Maybe he had the email cause he uses EQEmu, and he steals all of the servers' original ideas. Maybe there will be a guildwars expansion, or a nifty-new <insert random thing we have they don't>?

And it could come with a 1st addtion Image Card!!
:lol:

[Aquelin]

Disgustingly humorous. I can't believe sony would go to such lengths, that is, if this was intentional and not caused by the mass-mailing worm.

[BLOOD_kane]

we are not ACCEPTING worms/virii...not excepting ;) sorry

[x-scythe]

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[Edgar1898]

ya ya ya, its the thought that counts :P

[BLOOD_kane]

I got like 10 emails with that worm attached to it...thankfully my University Email deletes all suspicious attachments before anyone can download them. Damnit now I gotta watch out in my safest email inbox...what is the net coming to?