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From: "Ralph or Joyce Franke" <>
Subject: [HUPP] Fw: Re: [VIRUS] Re: Virus protection
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 10:30:48 -0700


Hi Listers, I have permission to post this to you. I have
been receiving virus-laden attachments at the rate of
several a day lately. Thought you should be aware of the
danger. Don't open any attachment unless you have first
written to the sender to check to see if that person did
send it, and to find out what it is. You just can't be too
careful these days.

Joyce
List Administrator

-----Original Message-----
From: LISTOWNER <>
To: <>
Date: Wednesday, May 02, 2001 2:22 AM
Subject: [LOVETT] Re: [VIRUS] Re: Virus protection OPENING
the ATTACH!


>Folks, you're going to hear this from me quite often from
now on. I've
>decided that the only way to stop users from getting
infections on
>their systems (viruses, worms, trojans) is to constantly
warn everyone
>not to open attachments. So here it is:
>
>DO NOT, REPEAT, DO NOT, OPEN ATTACHMENTS TO EMAILS!!!!!
>(Until you follow the instructions below.)
>
>The latest trend in infections is to make the attached
files look like they
>came from a trusted user. Plus, the (*$#&($#*
virus/worm/trojan writers
>are making the infected emails look like they are replies
to previously
>posted emails on Mailing Lists.
>
>NEVER, open an attachment, even if you have an Anti-Virus
(AV)
>program installed, and think you have it configured
properly, until
>you perform the following security steps:
>
>BEFORE, you open an attachment, update your AV program with
>the latest virus definition files (DAT files). Then,
MANUALLY,
>run the AV program on the attached file(s).
>
>If the attachment is an executable file, e.g., .EXE, .BAT,
.COM, .PIF,
>.SCR, .VB, .VBE, .VBS, etc., DO NOT RUN IT.
>
>If it is a document type file, e.g., .DOC, .TXT, etc., view
it in a text
>reader, such as NotePad. Make sure it IS only a text file.
>
>DO NOT OPEN EMAIL ATTACHED FILES !!!!! If you're not a
>"pro" at this virus-thing, it's better to delete an unknown
file than
>to infect your system.
>
>SgtGeorge
>
>At 09:01 AM 04/27/2001, JANET FLEMMING wrote:
>*********START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT*********
>Yeah...I opened the attachment ..I learned the hard way
too!. Because I
>had emailed about genealogy and got a letter back with an
attach and the
>statement ....look at the attachment....I did so thinking
it was some
>information for me. I just assumed that the sender was
replying to my
>email. When ERROR! came up I emailed back to find out what
she had
>sent....it turns out that she did not send anything hence I
got the Bad
>Trans trojan......I had a friend come in and he said he
disabled the virus
>(snip)
>**********END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**********
>
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