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macho1 wrote:
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> Watch out !!
>
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>
macho1 and other RT'ers,
There has not been, nor will there ever be a virus that will infect your
computer merely by opening up an e-mail message. If you open an e-mail
message that has an attachment, and you launch the attachment, then, YES
you could be running a program that could infect your computer. But the
mere opening of an e-mail will never cause a virus. This is a very
common misconception and causes unnecessary bandwidth with everyone
sending messages to everyone else warning them.
There are other scares like a disgruntled AOL employee saying not to
load the latest version of AOL, etc. etc. The US Department of Energy
has a web site that lists this "WIN A HOLIDAY" and other Internet hoaxes
which you may want to review. The site can be found at:
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html
Hope this helps.....
With respect to Norman....
Calmingly,
George
> Subject: [Fwd: Fw: Deadly Virus ALERT]
> Date: Thu, 04 Jun 1998 12:42:02 -0700
> From: Jeff Horn <jeffhorn@xxxxxxxxx>
> Organization: AzNET
> To: macho1@xxxxxxx
>
> A friend e-mailed this to me!!
>
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>
> Subject: Fw: Deadly Virus ALERT
> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 16:10:26 -0700
> From: "Pamela Morgan" <rbchcasa@xxxxxxx>
> To: "Vinny" <kdcad@xxxxxxxxx>, "The Campbell's" <HFQG76B@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Terri at work" <tmorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "T-bird" <ajy123@xxxxxxx>,
> "Shaun" <elswan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Rob & Audrey" <apatterson@xxxxxxxx>,
> "Mom" <lminnick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Meg" <meaghan.whalen@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Lena" <lena_santillana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Joven" <woland@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "JJ" <jaykridel@xxxxxx>,
> "Jeff & Deidre" <jeffhorn@xxxxxxxxx>,
> "Janet" <jtennyson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Heidi, Robby & Cole" <presson@xxxxxxxx>,
> "Elaine" <eberra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Dad at home" <morgan@xxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Chandra" <chandra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Aunt Diane" <dmorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> We got this from a friend of ours...
> ----------
> > From: vgautney@xxxxxxx
> > To: cranebarb@xxxxxxx; dmorris@xxxxxxxx; monicaj@xxxxxxxx;
> rob.schliff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; rbchcasa@xxxxxxx; mario@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
> dalarmguy@xxxxxxx; sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; soultans@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Deadly Virus ALERT
> > Date: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 1:04 PM
> >
> >
> > hey y'all here's a warning from my work...FYI.
> >
> >
> > ______________________________ Forward Header
> __________________________________
> > Subject: Deadly Virus ALERT
> > Author: Doug Miller at MBE
> > Date: 6/2/98 11:55 AM
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > If you receive an e-mail titled "WIN A HOLIDAY" do NOT open it, as it
> > will ERASE everything on your hard drive!! Forward this message to
> > as many people as you can! This is a new, very malicious virus and not
> many
> > people know about it. This information was announced yesterday
> > morning from Microsoft, please share it with everyone that might access
> the
> > Internet.
> > >>>
> >
> >
> >
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