RE: virus
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: virus
- From: J* P*
- Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 13:19:23 -0600
YES run the norton anti virus! When I ran this it detected two different
files that were affected. This news letter is getting to be real fun
anymore!! First 1400 LB pumpkins now this..
To To Land...
Polly
> ----------
> From: SteveS012@aol.com[SMTP:SteveS012@aol.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 1999 12:54 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: virus
>
> 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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