NPR...Anybody actually opened the "Snow White" e-mail?

[Brian Lawson]

A new facility that my ISP has is to scan all email on thier servers, I got
this message today:

World Online ScanMail has detected a virus (TROJ_HYBRIS.B) in the mail you
received from owner-pianotech@ptg.org on 05/01/2001 05:10:36 . The mail was
quarantined. Go to http://antivirus.worldonline.co.za to scan your PC. From
World Online Support.

So, something came to the list today - BEWARE!


Brian Lawson, RPT
Johannesburg, South Africa
http://www.lawsonic.co.za

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Musselwhite" <john@musselwhite.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: NPR...Anybody actually opened the "Snow White" e-mail?


> At 07:23 AM 5/1/01 -0400, Brian wrote:
>
> >I thought, mistakenly I might add, that perhaps the list might be free
> >from that pesky "Snow White" e-mail that's been coming around.  I think
> >I've deleted that thing at least a dozen times and have never opened
> >it.  But, this morning, when I opened my e-mail, shazzam!! there it was!
>
> Install Norton Anti-Virus and you'll never see them. Apparently with this
> last one I told it to delete the message that it was attached to as well.
> Hope it wasn't anything important.
>
> >I am curious, has anyone actually opened this thing to see what it is or
> >what it does?
>
> Go to any of the virus-type  pages and read about it. Try
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.gen.html
>
>
> >I guess the reason I'm so curious is because of the apparent longevity of
> >this thing.  It' just keeps coming, and coming, and coming, and coming...
>
> Unfortunately it will be around forever. That's the way it goes. Protect
> yourself with a good virus checker. Norton was included free with my CD
> burner and I've been very happy with it.
>
>                  John
>
> John Musselwhite, RPT    -     Calgary, Alberta Canada
> http://www.musselwhite.com  http://canadianpianopage.com/calgary
> mailto: john@musselwhite.com    http://www.mp3.com/fatbottom
>