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From:  "Candace Magner" <candacemagner@a...>
"Candace Magner" <candacemagner@a...>
Date:  Wed Jul 25, 2001  3:40 pm
Subject:  virus alert, and why there's not much mail


Hello friends,

One of our members wrote me yesterday wondering why she hadn't gotten much
mail. Maybe it's just vacation time, but I found out there is a nasty
computer virus going around in the form of mail with a large attachment. The
mail may look like it comes from someone you would know, and the main
message says in Spanish or English "Hi, how are you? I send this for your
advice. See you later!" or something like that. The subject can be anything,
the virus uses the address box of the infected and also uses real folder
names, so it looks real, but don't open the attachment. This isn't heresay,
the National Labs have sent out warnings to the mail users. I've already
gotten 6 of these messages - fortunately the first one was in Spanish (not
my best language!) and I didn't know the sender, so I ditched it. The others
had the same text in English so I was suspicious.

Stay safe!
Candace

Dr. Candace A. Magner
University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Dept of Fine Arts/Music
candacemagner@a...
candacemagner@a...
homepage http://clik.to/candace



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