attachments, viruses, email, and lists

[Elian Degen]

Dear Rudoff and list

My point is that sometimes you get cluttered with virus posts that are just
hoaxes, I am using a site in internet where you can verify before sending,
This time you are right, This one it is not listed as a Hoax so it might be
true....

The site to check is

http://www.datafellows.com/news/hoax.htm#h

It will not tell you if it is a true virus, but it will definitely tell you
if it is a hoax

Elian

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Andrew M. Rudoff <andy@rudoff.com>
Para: pianotech@bridget.rudoff.com <pianotech@bridget.rudoff.com>
Fecha: Domingo, 14 de Febrero de 1999 11:22 a.m.
Asunto: attachments, viruses, email, and lists


>Pianotech subscribers,
>
>There's an unusual program floating around that, if run on your machine,
>changes your machine to add the program as an attachment to your outgoing
>messages.  Someone on our list has been infected with this virus and has
>posted a message to pianotech containing an attachment called
"Happy99.exe".
>
>If you received this program, don't run it.  In fact, you should think
twice
>before running any attachment someone sends you unless you really know
>what you're doing.  On Windows and Mac systems, programs are allowed to
>vastly modify the system itself, remove or alter any file, and even install
>new versions of your existing applications without you noticing.  So
>running any random program that someone sends you is ill advised.
>
>Anyway, this particular virus only affects Windows systems, and if you
>think you've been hit, see http://www.avp.com/happy/body_happy.html
>for details on how to get rid of it.  The good news is that this virus
>is mostly just annoying.
>
>I have set the mailing list filters to attempt to catch posts with
>this attachment.
>
>Finally, I usually discourage posts to this list that contain virus
warnings,
>since often times the facts are incorrect and misleading.  If anyone
>on the list wants me to research a virus warning they've received, and
>forward it to the list if appropriate, feel free to send it to me.
>
>Any questions?  Mail me privately at andy@rudoff.com
>
>-andy