[Sca-cooks] serious virus alert

[Philippa Alderton]

--- Elaine Koogler <ekoogler1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> this is quite intriguing.  I have corresponded with
> this individual, and his
> email info is in my address book.  I have been
> notified that several viruses
> have been found in messages sent to me by my Virus
> Alert software, but I am
> not aware of sending anything out.  How would I
> check?
>
> Kiri
Well, you might start by looking in your "sent" file.
And, you might want to go to the website that supports
yout virus software, downloading the latest bells and
whistles, installing them, and running a complete
virus scan.

I would rather doubt it's you Kiri, simply because you
DO have virus software, and apparently it works,
although as fast as this one seems to be mutating,
there might be some version that you're not protected
against.

We can't catch it from Cook's List- I'm not sure how
Gunthar has things set up- whether the List strips
attachments, they just flat bounce, or they bounce to
be reviewed by Gunthar (Gunthar?), but I don't think
it has managed to figure out how to get into plain
emails.

What it most likely is, is in someone's computer on
this List, possibly a lurker, who doesn't have virus
protection. It most likely would be someone fairly new
and/or clueless about computers, who may not wear
seatbelts or practice safe sex, either ;-)After all,
it ain't gonna happen to them.

Hope this helps,

Phlip

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