RE: Virus warning

[Shannon Fenton <sfenton@telegroup.com>]

Im not meaning to further this thread in anyway but...... this is a real virus. Our help desk has been fixing this thing all morning on our company machines. I didnt really read the post in depth since I have already gotten two from our network people. But a attachment is a attachment and if you run it you can get a virus. the 99 virus thing is real, I dont know for sure what it does though. End of story. Back to scirocco stuff please.






Thank You for Your Time,
        Shannon Fenton
            North American Frontline Resolution
            sfenton@telegroup.com



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Date: 2/15/99 1:26 PM
To: Fenton, Shannon
From: Madison, Mark

Whoah, SLOW DOWN A SEC on the Name Callin!


Yah, I agree.  This is probably a Hoax and something that we should only
worry about if we get a virus.  Protect your computer with some kind of real
time virus scanning software or something and let us do the same.
Most virus warnings of this nature are just a dumbass trying to worry the
average Joe.

uhm... dunno if I'd call him a COMPLETE idiot.  I work in the Computer
Industry and if that makes him a COMPLETE idiot then that would also include
about 80% of the rest of the people in our country, or the world for that
matter.  I know some VERY intelligent people out there that would make the
same mistake.  I'd just call him/her ignorant.  Try to educate them better,
then if they do it again.. then, they would get my stamp of disapproval.

Remember, this person was trying to do us a favor and warn us even if we
didn't need it.  Not spam us with how to get rich or try to sell us some
online drugs.

Mark Madison
fourth year CompEngr @ Oregon State University   =)
... my brain, it hurts, its swelling with nonsense!


----- Original Message -----
From: Dan <dan@angband.org>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 11:09 AM
Subject: Re: Virus warning


>On Mon, Feb 15, 1999 at 01:35:18PM -0500, HCharvat@aol.com wrote:
>
><fake virus warning>
>
>You are an idiot. A virus cannot infect a library, and you cant't get a
>virus from an Email or a NG posting unless you decode AND execute it.
>
>There are tens of thousands of virii existing, and probably hundreds more
>written each month. We don't need or want a warning of each one. Keep this
>off topic crap off of non-comp related mailing lists. If you REALLY think
>you need to monitor every little security problem, read comp.risks or
>something.
>
>
>Dan
>
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