At 07:23 PM 5/4/00 -0400, Carrington, Tom wrote: >7:30PM EST > >Howdy all, > >I've been screening all the list messages before allowing them to be sent >since about 9:30 AM EST today. The list-server did recv. several messages >contaminated with the "I Love You" virus. snipped > Just remember that if you get an e-mail message >with the subject "I Love You" in the subject field, just delete it. And most important, don't forget to delete the infected attached file from your attachments directory. You'll recognize it. Double clicking that file is what actually activates the worm. So if you didn't delete it now, there might be some danger that some time in the future you'll see this file in your folder and open it to see what it is. Here's a good info source about it: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2561663,00.html Nick Mendocino CA '82 Westy, '88 Jetta, VW camper owner since '67 |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.