attachments, viruses, email, and lists

[David ilvedson]

James,

I also didn't run across the virus the first time I ran Norton 
Anti-Virus.  After I upgraded the definitions it showed up. I 
had a heck of a time removing it...

David Ilvedson

> From:          "James Grebe" <pianoman@inlink.com>
> To:            <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject:       Re: attachments, viruses, email, and lists
> Date:          Sun, 14 Feb 1999 20:58:05 -0600
> Reply-to:      pianotech@ptg.org

> I had opened it also and did the same test to myself and it did not show up.
>             James Grebe
> R.P.T. and M.P.T.
>  from St. Louis
> pianoman@inlink.com
>                   Creator of:
>  Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups
>                   and
> Practical   Piano    Benches
> "Tranquility Base"
> E.T.A.     April, 1999
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Goodale <Robert.Goodale@NAU.EDU>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: Sunday, February 14, 1999 12:10 PM
> Subject: Re: attachments, viruses, email, and lists
> 
> 
> >
> >
> >Andrew M. Rudoff wrote:
> >
> >> 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.
> >
> >I received this program and did infact run it.  The *only* reason I did so
> was
> >because it came from an individual on this list and thus I assumed it to be
> a
> >friendly jestur of sorts.
> >
> >At any rate, I ran a test by mailing to myself and the attachment did not
> show
> >up.  My guess is that it apparently does not always work.  If it shows up
> again
> >(with this message or in the future), please let me know.  OBVIOUSLY IF IT
> DOES
> >YOU DON"T WANT TO RUN IT!!  just let me know if it shows up.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >
> >Rob Goodale, RPT
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA
ilvey@jps.net