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Re: Virus

To: fisher@hctc.net
Subject: Re: Virus
From: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 09:40:08 EDT
In a message dated 7/23/01 8:23:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
type79@ix.netcom.com writes:


> I received two of those messages. Both were from a Jimmy Yang whose name 
> seemed
> familiar to me but since both messages looked suspect, I did not open the
> attachments and deleted both. I do not remember the names of the 
> 

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I have been getting the same message for the past few days, always with what 
appears to be a .doc file attached.  Since I won't open any unsolicted 
attachment, they have just gone in the trash.  I knew it was "possibly" a 
virus, now it is confirmed.

The link that Ed sent, http://www.umich.edu/~virus-busters (Thanks, Ed!), 
says that the virus attaches itself to a file in your document folder and 
sends the document with it.  That is why everybody is getting familiar 
sounding attachments, but all different ones.  There is a security issue 
here, because it actually is sending your document.

In other words, DON'T OPEN UNSOLICTED ATTACHMENTS!

Allen Hefner
SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
'77 Midget
'92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport

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