Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/

["Julie Spink" <jspink AT nortelnetworks.com>]

Title: RE: [internetworkers] Re: VIRUS WARNING

Good Afternoon -

What happens if we open the attachments?

I only just saw the note and opened a bunch of them this morning at 6:30 when I got in.

Help.  This is not a good day for this to be happening!

Julie F. Spink
Nortel Networks
Human Resources
919 992 2209 (ESN 352)
mailto:jspink AT nortelnetworks.com

-----Original Message-----
From: David R. Matusiak [mailto:matusiak AT hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 10:30 AM
To: InterNetWorkers
Subject: [internetworkers] Re: VIRUS WARNING

Thomas,

you are exactly correct. either her email has been hacked and someone is
sending spurious virii msgs (every hour on the hour, it appears) or she has
contracted a lovely social computer virus.

for the few who do not already know, files with a .scr extension are the
latest "fave" of low-brow virus writers. in a valid form, they are
"scr"eensavers that amaze and entertain millions. in this henious form, this
extension is appended behind other commonly known file types (notice how
they all have .doc or another common file type BEFORE the .scr).

they are going on the assumption that the //windows// system will hide
commonly known file extensions (of which .scr is one, i believe) and people
will just see "backstreetboys.doc" and get all excited and open it up. and
it just so happens that internetworkers is in Tracy's address book, thus we
get to enjoy this extra mail!

i certainly hope no one else was bitten. delete them now for your own good.
and hopefully Tracy can get that nasty person and/or virus off of her
machine.

d.m.

From: Thomas <thomas AT tbeckett.com>
To: "InterNetWorkers" <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: [internetworkers] VIRUS WARNING  Re: internetworkers digest:  March
16, 2001
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 07:45:46 -0400

This message and the previous from Tracy Hollister has the markings of the
MTX virus.  Don't open the attachments.

In fact, how did attachments get on this list in the first place?  I
thought we had it set to strip files.....  I'll check.

TaB

At 12:49 AM 4/20/01 -0400, you wrote:
>'InterNetWorkers digest' wrote: ==== - INTERNETWORKERS Digest for Friday,
>March 16, 2001.
>-
>- 1. Victim of my own Success
>- 2. RE: Victim of my own Success
>- 3. RE: Victim of my own Success
>- 4. okay, NOW we're having layoffs.
>- 5. Chapel Hill house for Rent

>- 6. RE: Chapel Hill house for Rent
>-
>- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>-
>- Subject: Victim of my own Success
>- From: "Joe Komenda" <joe AT komejo.com>
>- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 10:42:27 -0800
>- X-Mess ...' > Take a look to the attachment.

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