[Sca-cooks] OT, OOP - virus problem

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Oh, I get it all the time. It just sits there, saying, "Wha???" Then
I trash the attachments. But you're right, it seems not to have any
effect on a Mac. Very few virii will, actually, except for things
like MS macros written specifically for Outlook Express. Which, BTW,
seems to have been eliminated from MS Office, in favor of something
called Entourage, and alleged to be virtually virus-proof...

Adamantius, who actually did experience a computer virus sometime around 1987

Also sprach Philippa Alderton:
>Stefan wouldn't have gotten it either- or Adamantius-
>they both have Macs.
>
>This one comes in disguise, folks- it gets into your
>email system and sends out emails to your addressees,
>using one of their addresses as the sender.
>Apparently, from Phillipa's posting, it's using
>Cindy's addy, too. Please check your email set ups,
>folks. Stefan, since you got one, why not check and
>see who REALLY sent it. To find out, pull it up and
>look at "Properties".
>
>I know it's not me, because I don't have Thomas'
>address on this system yey, so whoever it is, you have
>Stefan's, Cindy's, Margali's home addy, Thomas', and
>Phillipa's, but not mine on your email server.
>
>Sorry, Gunthar, but thjis is happening NOW, and
>someone here is infected.
>
>
>--- marilyn traber <margali at 99main.com> wrote:
>>  SOmebody on the cooks list seems to have the latest
>>  virus. Stefan
>>  and Thomas Gloning have both recieved email
>>  purporting to come
>>  from me with the virus tagging along behind.
>>
>>  I could see possibly giving it to Stefan, I do have
>>  his address,
>>  but I have never had Thomas' address...and I have a
>>  very good
>>  anti-virus program and practice safe computing...
>>
>>  Please check your machines?
>>
>>  Margali
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