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From: "Nancy Bell" <>
Subject: [MSCHICKA-L] Fw: [ALCONECU] Fw: URGENT VIRUS WARNING (Letter From Grandma)
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 07:57:46 -0000



----- Original Message -----
From: Dorothy H. Carroll <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:37 AM
Subject: [ALCONECU] Fw: URGENT VIRUS WARNING (Letter From Grandma)


> Friends, Please heed this warning, it is legitimate.
> Friend who sent to me is retired computer guru for
> NASA.
> Dee
>
>
> Sent: Wednesday, 29 November, 2000 12:43 PM
> Subject: URGENT VIRUS WARNING (Letter From Grandma)
>
>
> To All My Family and Friends:
>
> There is a new virus (worm) going around. It comes as an attachment to an
e-mail message entitled "Letter from Grandma." The attachment is named
"Navidad.exe." It contains a virus known as "W32.Navidad." You can get a
description of the virus, with directions for removing it from your system,
from Norton AntiVirus at www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.navidad.
>
> If you get that "Letter from Grandma" message, DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY! Do
not attempt to open or execute the attachment. Also delete any other
message you might receive which has a "Navidad.exe" attachment.
>
> If you open the attachment, it will render your computer unusable while at
the same time broadcasting itself to everyone in your e-mail address book.
Furthermore, the worm is VERY DIFFICULT to remove from your computer.
>
> If it's too late, and you have already "caught" the virus, you have my
greatest sympathy. Unless you are a qualified computer specialist or
technician, you might as well shut down your computer and take it to someone
in your area qualified to help you.
>
> George Walker
> Retired Computer Specialist
>
>
>
>
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