Who annoyed the Russians?

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Just a quick thought while I try to digest that jagged metal Wade-O I ate for breakfast this morning...

Did I make the Russians mad or something?

With some regularity I've been getting what appears to be either a virus, or a very poorly worded security update from Microsoft. The text:

Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
More than 500.000 already infected!

Yeah...

Well, I'm on a Mac, and my email system is text-based unix, so I don't think I need the patch... but thanks... anyway?

Further investigation leads to my noticing that the sender is always the same:

X-Envelope-From: admin@duma.gov.ru
Return-Path: admin@duma.gov.ru

I'm glad that Russia thinks I need protection... but this is getting ridiculous. Please stop.

Alright, I'm out. Happy early birthday returns (9/25) to... well, you know who you are. Happy quarter century.


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