i got the e-mail as well and i think it was just one of the viruses going around, obviously the trots have been writing down every e-mail address they can find and have at some point opened up the virus, oh well... at least we know the SWP have got it :)

Which is strange, considering I never wrote to the SWP or the SA on that account. Just beware of strange e-mails with 40k attachments - they are viruses!

Did anyone actually need tellin the SWP was poisonous??

Is this the worm virus that specifically sends back to the sender the locations that you visit? Sounds a dubious kind of occasion to me.

Oh for god sake get a life! You narchs are more in need of a blow job than any man in history. Next thing you will be telling us is that the SWP eats babies.

I got an infected e-mail from the Socialist Alliance address yesterday as well and I am a keen supporter of...(you guessed it)...the Socialist Alliance. For god's sake read the article below from the Independent and belt up.

"BT admits sending internet virus to its customers

By Charles Arthur, Technology Editor
28 November 2001

British Telecom has admitted infecting the computers of dozens of its internet customers with a virulent new computer virus which can tap passwords for websites such as online banks.

A spokesman for BT Openworld said it had sent e-mails from its support department to a number of customers at the end of last week which contained a virus called Badtrans. This has become the most pervasive computer infection on the internet within a matter of days.

Millions of home and business PCs in up to 40 countries around the world are believed to have been infected with the virus, which was first spotted at the end of last week in the UK.

Its origin remains unclear. The virus did not originate with BT, but does infect Windows PCs using the Outlook Express e-mail client – which BT uses in its support department. A spokesman for the company said the number of customers affected was in "double digits".

The embarrassment for BT was heightened because it made exactly the same mistake in September, when it sent copies of an earlier version of Badtrans to many subscribers. BT said it had reviewed its security procedures since then and "taken action".

The virus sends copies of itself to the senders of any unread e-mails in the infected computer's system. It also implants a hidden "key-logging" program that records every keystroke on the user's machine – potentially allowing it to record passwords for sensitive information such as online banking websites.

Although anti-virus companies have identified the e-mail accounts which would receive the password details, they are web-based accounts which make it impossible to identify the virus writer.

BT has apologised to the people who were affected. A spokesman said: "As soon as we realised what had happened, we closed our e-mail system and ran virus-checking software."

this virus is indeed being passed real quick through alot of differen tmailing lists.
I recieved this virus and eventhough i did not open attachment it did send mails from my address to those i had in my inbox,which included alot of diverse people.

i do not think therefore that the groups descirbed in above posts would actually intentionally send this virus i know i did not and when i realised i had it i immediately tried to kill the annoying wee thing...thankfully i think i suceeded.

jUST be careful and watch the mail tha you are recieving and opening.

So tht's the scam the SWP and BT have formed an alliance
British Socialist Workers Telescum Party, rumour has it there
are giant reptiles involved and they definately eat their own young and errr any unwanted babies ....

are the SWP really that bad, perhaps we could have an SWP
baiting competition, some of the postings are quite amusing,
or riduclous depending on .....

Do the SWP eat babies? Dunno- probably not. Do the SWP suck the life out of every movement they come into contact with? Pretty much, yeah. Trots latch onto movements to control them and see everything "radical" independent of them either as a threat or a potential recruiting ground. If any SWpsters would like to respond to this, I'm genuinely interested by the way. But, no; I won't buy a paper.

BTW Will, cheers for the offer of a blow-job. But I think I'll pass, if it's all the same.

I'd like to take up the offer of a blow job. I'd like to blow up every trot I could find. Well, failing that, just a pick axe in their heads would do. Slightly messy, but well worth the effort I think you would find.

Not only do the SWP send viruses, but they're carriers for all sorts of unpleasant skin diseases; and of course they hang out with fundamentalist Muslims who chances are will put anthrax in your pockets and force you to wear a burqua. If you find any unexploded Trots or Muslims, do not approach them; call the police who will dispose of them in a controlled explosion.. or just napalm the county if they're in a hurry.

I don't think I've ever read more sick comments than the above. You people are not for real, surely. I thought the whole point was that we all (in the movement) want to get rid of capitalism and live in a society that is fair, democratic and equal with no racism, sexism or any oppression, exploitation or prejudice. To be honest, you haven't convinced me one bit that you are serious about this. Piss about all you like, but don't expect to be taken seriously by anyone, least of all the people who are joining the movement because they want a better world.

Is "irony" a similar thing in your universe to "silvery" and "goldy"? I think nonny mouse was taking the piss and suspect s/he's against the random assassination of Trots and/or Muslims. Though it's interesting the way the SWP have been keen enough to cosy up with some particularly nauseating Islamic Fundamentalists, who, quiet as it's kept, are actually responsible for the deaths of a fair few million ordinary Muslims, socialists and others across the world. Indeed, it appears the SWP "banned" an anti-fundamentalist Iranian socialist from a public (sic) anti-war meeting in Brum at the end of October. Again, any SWPers want to respond, rather than hyperventilate?

The ting is, DM, we do want to see an end to capitalism once and for all. This is why many of us don't want to replace one lot of capitalists with another lot which is what we would be doing if we ever let the SWP get hold of power. You must realise it's not in the interests of the bosses of the SWP to have a workers revolution simply because public schoolboy ex-army officers like Foot know where their real interests lie. And that's not with our class, but with theirs.

OK so the SWP are fairly irritating but some of the comments made are outright offence to our radical tradition of indymedia. Unfortunately i imagine that the largest left wing party in the UK will always get loads of flack because it is easy to attack people who actually do something (whether they are sucessful is of course another issue).
There is one reason why we have not come closer to a revolution in this country and that is sectarainism and petty squabbles. Grow up all of you and lets start respecting each other and fighting the real culprits.
By the way Uno, i suspect that you are indeed a trouble maker and i am suspiscious about you continual slander of the SWP whilst you also claim to be a member. I can only conclude that you are either a cop or you have a destructive streak. Lets criticise the SWP but lets do it constructively.
Oh and by the way there has been a massive virus outbreak in the UK this last week and i have received many myself incluiding one from the Socialist Alliance of which i am a member.

The largest left-wing party? That's the Labour Party isn't it? You know, the ones the Socialist Alliance are trying to become by standing in all those parliamentary elections. You should leave revolutionary politics to those with an interest in them, go back to your irritating SWP friends and prepare to be swallowed up by them.

So how does Uno get to to be described as a "trouble-maker"- a term which, frankly, any true lefty should be proud to bear. What's wrong with ME?? It's dumb and pointless accusing anyone critical of the SWP of sectarianism, if you're not prepared to criticise the SWPs own sectarian bebaviour.

I say again; the SWP contrived to have an Iranian socialist- a refugee- banned from a public meeting in Birmingham because he dared to disagree with the SWP party line- publicly and effectively. What are your thoughts on that?