Re: Virus

[Marvin <physchem...>]

This shows the wisdom in being cautious about what attachments you open.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jacob and Nancy Bloom <bloom (at) gis(dot)net>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 10:00 PM
Subject: Virus


> A couple of days ago I received an e-mail from someone on this list, which
> had a program as an attachment.  I thought it seemed suspicious, so I
didn't
> open it, and I sent a message to the person I had received it from, asking
> if they had intended to send it.
>
> I haven't heard back from them, probably because their computer is
currently
> disabled.  I did a little research, and found out it is indeed a virus.
>
> If you receive an e-mail with an attachment named PrettyPark.exe, do not
> open it, and delete it immediately.  If you are not sure if you have
> received it, search your computer for a file named FILES32.VXD; if it
> exists, your machine is infected.  If your machine is infected, the site
>
> http://global-positioning.com/pretty_park/
>
> claims to have instructions about how to remove the virus.  I know nothing
> about this site or the quality of its instructions.  However, a search of
> the web for "Pretty Park" will turn up several additional web sites with
> information about the virus.
>
> And, to the list member whose machine sent me the virus, who will
> undoubtedly read this at some time in the future when their machine is
> working again: I hope it didn't take too long, and wasn't too much of a
> headache.
>
> Jacob Bloom
>
>
>

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