Chris Gregg ... attachment virus?

[David Ilvedson]

I just received the second e-mail from Chris? with the HANSON.SCR attached.
What gives?

David I.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
> Of Don
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 7:49 AM
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Chris Gregg ... attachment virus?
>
>
> Hi,
>
> The site below has good instructions for the removal of the virus--but is
> not accesseable if you have the virus and can only be seen using internet
> explorer.
>
> At 08:06 AM 10/27/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >At 09:25 PM 10/26/2000 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Chris, your email triggered a Norton virus alert. Apparently the
> >>attachment "Hanson.scr" had something nasty. I can't tell for sure, but
> >>the part with the attachment gave me a return address for
> pianotech, so I
> >>thought I'd mention it to the list.
> >>
> >>You'd better check to be sure your machine isn't infected.
> >>
> >>Susan
> >
> >
> >I saw the "x'd"out attachment as well and just checked my NAV Log:
> >
> >Date: 10/27/2000, Time: 7:49:08,
> >The file
> >C:\attachments\HANSON.SCR
> >was infected with the W95.MTX.dr virus.
> >The file was quarantined.
> >
> >
> >It probably harvested addresses from Chris' hard drive and sent
> out a bulk
> >mailing.
> >
> >Norton's site has this address about the matter:
> >http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.mtx.html
> >
> >
> >Jon Page,   piano technician
> >Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
> >mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
> >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
>
> Regards,
> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.
> Tuner for the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts
> drose@dlcwest.com
> http://donrose.htmlplanet.com/
>
> 3004 Grant Rd.
> REGINA, SK
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>
>