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Edgar1898

01-27-2004 05:57 AM

Sony likes us so much!

They even sent us that worm thats been going around:

Code:

-----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:

Code:

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

01-27-2004 06:20 AM

ROFL

x-scythe

01-27-2004 06:35 AM

haha

hahahaha sony is so generous and loving!!

Doodman

01-27-2004 06:47 AM

Btw, gherzbrun appears to be:

http://www.mobygames.com/developer/s...loperId,90732/

x-scythe

01-27-2004 07:08 AM

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

Tertiary

01-27-2004 07:22 AM

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

Sk8ordiek2k1

01-27-2004 08:14 AM

thats great, love the reply

squallloire

01-27-2004 08:22 AM

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

01-27-2004 10:23 AM

Don't Ruin the fun lol :lol:

Edgar1898

01-27-2004 10:49 AM

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

01-27-2004 12:52 PM

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

Mrwalsh

01-27-2004 01:01 PM

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>?

01-27-2004 03:49 PM

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

Aquelin

01-27-2004 04:46 PM

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

01-27-2004 04:59 PM

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

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