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From:  Kim and Pete Brier <ictnolimits@f...>
Date:  Thu May 4, 2000  7:42 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] Virus alert


this is one to be aware of. They are also reporting it on our local news and
every other news stations
kim

Leslie Jones wrote:

> sopran@a... wrote:
>
> >The virus reveals itself in an e-mail. The subject of the e-mail is I LOVE
> >YOU.
> >
> >The body of the e-mail message will read: Kindly check the attached
> >LOVELETTER coming from me. The name of the infectious attachment is
> >LOVE-LETTER-FOR YOU.TXT.
> >
> > The size of the attachment is 1037kb.
>
> I tend to be highly skeptical of virus alerts, since most of them claim
> that a virus can be "caught" simply by opening an e-mail, which really can't
> happen. This one, however, seems more credible, since it specifies that it
> is the *attachment* that is infected. Good rule of thumb: don't open
> *attachments* from anyone you don't know, and even if you *do* know the
> sender, scan the attachments with an up-to-date virus checker before opening
> them. Scary world, huh? Thanks for the heads-up!
>
> Leslie J.
>
> Leslie Jones, D.M.A.; Contralto
> Dept. of Music, Southeast Missouri State Univ.
> LJones@s... - (573) 651-2339
>
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