Re: ADMIN:***VIRUS ALERT*** CORSHION?

From: "jervis2" <jervis2@eggconnect.net>

Hi John re message virus alert do we know the sender of the exe i took the
address as Earnest at royal2@wk.net
as some alerted abuse at onelist.com
i myself did not open it but i did look at the attachments properties i hope
that did not let the virus in to my system?
arthur in the uk.


-----Original Message-----
From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
To: iris-talk <iris-talk@onelist.com>; iris-photo <iris-photos@onelist.com>
Date: 25 February 2000 05:29
Subject: [iris-photos] ADMIN:***VIRUS ALERT***


>From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
>
>
>I have just learned that the email sent to both iris-talk and
>iris-photos several days ago with the subject line
>
>[iris-photos] C:\CoolProgs\Pretty Park.exe
>
>contains a worm.  *****DO NOT CLICK ON THE ATTACHMENT*****
>
>If you have already, you have installed a worm in your system that will
>periodically email itself to everyone in your address book. This affects
>only IBM and compatible PCs.
>
>You need to go to one of the anti-virus sites (e.g.,Symmantec, Norton,
>McAfee) to learn how to get rid of the virus.
>
>The attachment was not redistributed to iris-talk because I have the
>list set up to strip all attachments, however if you were on iris-photo
>you did receive the attachment.
>
>More later on this.
>
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