Virus alert!

Alice K. Turner · 25 Dec 2002, 02:53 · from urth-v0212.mbox · original

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From: "Alice K. Turner" <aturner6 at nyc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: (urth) Virus alert!
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2002 21:53:28 -0500
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This thing is rampant. I've received it three times today as an attachment
from dnsanchez at msn.com (whose messages I have now blocked; you might
consider doing that in advance). It's morphed from an earlier Klez virus
that Norton now can cope with. Don't let your Norton lapse--it always
catches up eventually! Don't open attached Xmas greetings if you don't
recognize the sender! This is not a nasty virus, one of those evil worm
things, just prankish. In the earlier version, which I was also lucky enough
to get, it (a) made me unable to get the Norton quarantine notice off my
desktop (that is fixed); (b) cricket sounds, not unpleasant, turn up at
irregular intervals, even when I'm playing music (that has just started up
again, though I opened none of the attachments).

Merry Christmas, every one,
-alga

> I received an e-mail this afternoon at 3:03 central time, subject line
> "Happy Christmas" from list-member Stone Ox. It crashed Outlook Express
when
> I highlighted it (fortunately!), so I couldn't tell if it was sent to me
as
> an individual or to all list members, so beware. It is infected with the
> Klez virus. Don't open the attachments and check your hard drives for any
> infections. I have never corresponded with Stone Ox, so I shouldn't have
> been in his address book, which is how the virus is spread, I think. So,
if
> I got the e-mail, you probably all did. Take care.
>
> -Roy
>
>
> --
>

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