Re: WARNING ABOUT VIRUS
- Posted by Kat <gertie at ZEBRA.NET> May 06, 2000
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----- Original Message ----- From: "John Maughan" <duboo at MAIL.COM> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU> Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:31 PM Subject: WARNING ABOUT VIRUS > A virus commonly called the ILOVEYOU virus has been spreading through the > Internet as an e-mail attachment. > > If you received an e-mail with that subject, erase it immediately without > opening the attachment. > > Equally important: Similar virus bearing emails, but with different subject > lines, have been circulating. They have the same effect as the ILOVEYOU > virus. The implication is that you could receive an email with an attached > virus from someone you know that has a different subject. > Some known subject lines with viruses attached are: > ------------- > Very Funny > Mother's Day Confirmation Order > FWD: Joke > > ------------- > THIS VIRUS IS NOT A HOAX! > I thought I should post this to warn you people. Hope it helps! After reading how even more ILOVEYOU copycat email virii are coming out every hour, and how they use Visual Basic, and how MS doesn't allow me to turn it off, i removed all the VB scripting exe, dll, and ocx files from my puter. Why the extreme move?,, cause one variant of the ILOVEYOU was shown to execute and trash the harddrives if you even looked at the email in the preview pane, without opening it or clicking on an attachment. Details on request, to avoid flooding the listserv. Kat