Re: virus
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: virus
- From: S*@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:54:43 EST
In a message dated 99-03-12 01:52:43 EST, you write:
> I E-mailed Chris Wilbers for the photo of the 1400 lb pumpkin privately and
> I
> expected him to e-mail me back privately. I got an e-mail on the list in
> reference to that photo from Bruce Majeske (bmajeske@triton.net) and in
the
> header it said apparently to RDAdams and apparently to several other
people.
>
> In the body it said begin 644 Happy99.exe. On the next line it started
with
> a
> lot of symbols and characters. Did everyone get this e-mail? Is this the
> virus I have been hearing about? Is my computer infected now? Do I need to
> do
> anything? I don't know much about computers and I would appreciate advice.
> Thanks Doug
What that was was the beginning of MIME code, or UUCODE, which is just a way
that binary files are converted into text for transmission over the internet
through emails. Usually you are just shown a clip of the header. ONLY if you
decode this text into a file and if you run it, are you in danger. Text in
emails CANNOT do anything harmful directly. You never can get a virus or
trojan just by reading or opening an email.
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