Nasty Virus on the loose

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Andy,
              I got the same pianotech digest as ric, sorry I should have 
looked more carefully
Roger


At 02:47 PM 10/29/02 -0700, you wrote:
> >Norton just picked one up on my machine Titled Agraffe holder bmp. Came via
> >pianotech.
>
>How did you determine it came via pianotech?  I too got the virus post
>with the "Agraffe holder" attachment that was really a virus program, but
>it did not come through the pianotech list.  The pianotech archives do not
>show such a post via the list.  But if you think virus posts are getting
>to you through pianotech, please forward them to admin@ptg.org and we
>can try to adjust our filters to catch them.  I'm not aware of any that
>have come through in the past couple years, but of course it could happen
>and you should use virus protection software to prevent it.
>
>Remember that the virus programs sift through your files, looking for
>things to use as subject lines, names of attachments, To: and From:
>headers, etc.  So it may seem like someone who watches the list is
>preparing these nasty-grams, but it is just a stupid program using
>our own words to try to trick us into clicking on the attachment and
>running the virus.
>
>-andy
>
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