Sorry, guys. Our office was infected with a VERY NASTY virus today. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO TO OPEN THE ZIPPED FILE ATTACHMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This thing got through and had half our office down in very short order.
In addition to destroying your own files, it goes down your address book
and sends out e-mails to folks with its own virus attachment.
Honest, "I" did not "send" out any such e-mails. But, sorry to say, my
computer did after getting infected. When we found out it was as nasty
as it was, I physically shut down my computer, but obviously I had been
"generating" e-mails without my knowledge.
DELETE ALL SUCH MESSAGES. THEN DELETE THEM FROM YOUR WASTEBASKET. IF
YOU TRY TO OPEN THE ATTACHMENT, YOU WILL LOSE DATA. AND YOU WILL
INADVERTENTLY SEND OUT YOUR OWN PILE OF INFECTED E-MAILS!!!
Sorry.
Linda Kemp
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Mayes [SMTP:christopher.mayes@actrix.gen.nz]
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 2:51 AM
> To: pcp@mailbase.ac.uk
> Cc: 106026.766@compuserve.com
> Subject: Possible Virus
>
> Hi list members,
>
> I have received 4 very long and seemingly almost identical messages
> with
> different subject headings related to activity on this list,. They
> start with:
>
> Hi John !
> I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP.
> Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs.
> bye.
>
> They come from kemp@SOFTWARE.ORG.
>
> I haven't had time to investigate this but this is very suspiciously
> like a
> virus included in an attachment "zipped_files.exe". I recommend
> extreme
> caution before running these files.
>
> And, in case I'm wrong kemp, please accept my humblest apologies.
>
>
> -------------------
> John Mayes
> <john@EnquireWithin.co.nz>
> <http://www.EnquireWithin.co.nz>
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