From: "cminor" <cminor(a)qni.com>
To: MINOR-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [MINOR-L] VIRUS WARNING !!!!
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 00:20:47 -0600
This popped up on my computer tonight .... Thought I should pass it along
to
all ....
I always check things out before I send them along to people .....
sometimes
there are false virus passed around.
I do this by going to a search engine like
www.dogpile.com and put in the
virus name to search.
A former foreign exchange student is here visiting my son Sam, and said the
German teacher at school got this virus.
It slowed his computer down and who knows what else.
The important thing is to see the .vbs at the end of an attached file.
Don't ever open those!
Thanks,
Best wishes,
Claudia
Virus Alert: AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs
A new and potentially destructive computer virus has been discovered.
This
virus is spreading rapidly via e-mail. If you receive an e-mail with the
subject Here you have ;o) and an attachment labeled AnnaKournikova.jpg.vbs,
delete the e-mail immediately and do not open or run the attachment.
If this virus attacks your computer system, it can corrupt files and
destroy
valuable data. Even if your data is never attacked, you can unknowingly
pass
the computer virus to others.
You should actively protect your system from computer viruses by following
several guidelines:
Keep antivirus software on your computer and update its virus definition
files on a weekly basis.
Use antivirus software to scan your hard disk drives regularly.
Never open e-mail attachments unless you know what the attachment is.
Never use floppy disks, CDs, DVDs or Zip disks from an unknown origin.
I also got an email from the ==== MOGEN Mailing List ====
Linda and others..
Delete the file and email message which says: "Here you have, ;0)" it
is a virus that will be sent to everyone in your email address book once
you open it. It was on the news today... it is everywhere.
traci
P.S. If there is an attachment on this email... let me know.... don't
open it. Delete it and empty your trash and recycle bin. I've worked
over time trying to make sure I got my system cleaned up.
AGAIN!!!
DON'T OPEN A MESSAGE FROM TRACI THAT SAYS ";o) CHECK THIS OUT" and has
an attachment
that is some misspelled variant like "Anna Kournikova."
It is a virus making the rounds of several list serves Traci subscribes
to, but her computer apparently got infected and has generated it as a
message to everyone in her address book. If you execute the attachment
it will send it to everyone in your address book too.
Hope you don't get this too late to help! If so, go to the McAvee
website under virus alerts :
http://www.mcafeeb2b.com/default.asp
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