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John Rastutis writes:
> I received an e-mail from Dan Hall @ dhall@xxxxxxxxx with the subject
> heading "fwd: Joke".
>
> I checked the properties in Outlook Express and found there is an attachment
> named "Very Funny.vbs". I thought this strange coming from Equis so I
> checked with McAfee and see it listed as a known virus.
>
> I'm sending this to forewarn others on the list and also Equis if they don't
> know yet. I didn't want to reply to Dan Hall thinking it may spread or
> something.
>
> I have one question, McAfee didn't warn me or even find it on a scan of my
> computer, either my virus scanning is not working properly or "Very
> Funny.vbs" in this case is not a virus. Would a more virus knowledgeable
> person answer this?
This is definitely a virus; it's a copycat of the I LOVE YOU virus.
http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.loveletter.a.html
Norton/Symantec allegedly finds it. No idea why McAfee wouldn't
unless you don't have the latest definitions.
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