HERB - possible virus warning related to mail on this list
Jenne Heise
jenne at tulgey.browser.net
Fri Dec 17 13:31:58 PST 1999
Oops, I wasn't clear on that one. The message that I recieved from the
list seemed to include some kind of animation program along a message very
similar to the one described as associated with the virus that is
described on the page whose link I included. The link isn't the thing I
was worried about, the virus descibed there was the one it was worried
about.
We've noticed (the helpdesk where I work) that the virus tends to mutate,
picking subject headings from existing messages on the infected machines.
So, just be cautious about opening animation files sent to you ;)
> You're right in being cautious, however it's only a link to Symantec, a
> leading company that researches and develops software to counteract viruses.
> It's the same company that Norton Utilities come from. It's about a virus
> that is real. So.. :) you're system is safe this time.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jenne Heise <jenne at tulgey.browser.net>
> To: <herbalist at Ansteorra.ORG>
> Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 1:13 PM
> Subject: HERB - possible virus warning related to mail on this list
>
>
> > Normally I stay far away from email warnings, but yesterday, I got a
> > message from this list (via my text-based client) that looked suspiciously
> > like the virus mentioned here:
> > http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/worm.newapt.html
> > I deleted it, so I can't check. Hopefully, it was not a virus, and you
> > will all forgive me for wasting the bandwidth...
> >
> > Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise jenne at tulgey.browser.net
> > disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me...
> >
> > "The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small
> > for anything but love." -- William Sloan Coffin
> >
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Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise jenne at tulgey.browser.net
disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me...
"The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small
for anything but love." -- William Sloan Coffin
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