Virii????

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Mon, 26 Nov 2001 13:22:52 -0600


At 12:34 11/26/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>I just downloaded two empty messages addressed to me, rather than
>pianotech. One showed a return address of Lee C Haynes, which triggered a
>popup saying I requested to download and run a .scr file, and asking
>permission to do so. I declined and deleted it. The other had a return
>address of Joe Goss, but was just empty. These return addresses were
>probably sifted from someone's mailbox who has a virus or worm and hasn't
>discovered it yet.
>
>Everyone take a few minutes and check your system for cooties.
>
>Ron N

Thanks, Ron.

Today my virus scan got "fun.mp3.pif".  I'd advise everybody doing a file 
search for .pif files and deleting.

-SULNFBK.EXE is another virus which came about two weeks ago.  It was still 
in my recycle bin. No more.


Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician -mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu
Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
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...and when it worked the first time I darned near broke my arm patting 
myself on the back!




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