Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (January 2001, week 3)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:15:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Gerald Masar <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Fw: Snow White - Help!!
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Subject: Re: Snow White - Help!!

> Ron, > You can't get the virus unless you open the executable file which is the > attachment. > I would encourage you to get and use and keep up to date a good anti-virus > program, or maybe you already do. I have Norton, from Symantec, and it can > be set to check all incoming mail. It has caught Snowhite several times. > Go to this site at Symantec for more info: > http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/W95.Hybris.gen.html > Jerry > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Bus Depot" <busdepot@EMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 8:50 PM > > > Sorry for the off-topic post, but I'm worried. > > > > Before I left work today, I downloaded my email (using Outlook 2000). The > > dreaded virus email from hahaha@sexyfun.net was among the ones I received. > > (Of course I have no idea whose computer it originated from.) > > > > I immediately hit "delete" once I saw the dreaded subject line. I did > _not_ > > open the attachment, or double click on the email (although the "snow > white" > > message text is immediately visable on the preview pane in Outlook when I > > first see it). I am not clear on whether simply _receiving_ the email and > > seeing it in the preview pane could have given me the virus, or whether I > > would have had to actually open the attachment to get it (which I did > not). > > I couldn't find the answer on sexyfun.net or symantec.com . Can somebody > > clue me in? I'm don't know much about viruses but I think I heard that > you > > were safe unless you opened the attachment. If so I'm worrying over > > nothing, but I want to make sure. > > > > Thanks, > > Ron Salmon > > The Bus Depot, Inc. > > www.busdepot.com > > (215) 234-VWVW > > >


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

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.