[Ravensfort] Virus hoax

Charley Atchley Charley at lcc.net
Tue May 29 17:36:27 PDT 2001


This is another way that thoughtless ass holes with too much time on their
hands use to wreak havoc on the computing public. By circulating e-mails
such as the one our dear baroness received, they convince you to screw up
your computer without the help of any malicious code. The tip off was the
part that no virus software can find it. Virus companies spend millions on
being the first to have a fix in place. You can bet that if file finder can
find the virus by name, then every virus software on the market can find it.
If you fell victim of this, there are several web sites that will help you
fix the problem.

In the future, do a search of all emails you have received and see if any of
them had the attachment. If not, then you have not been got.

Athaulf

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Sometimes human beings are very much like bees. Bees are fiercely protective
of their hive, provided you are outside it. Once you're in, the workers sort
of assume that it must have been cleared by management and take no notice;
various freeloading insects have evolved a mellifluous existence because of
this very fact. Humans act the same way.
- Good Omens, by Terry Pratchet and Neil Gaiman




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