Forum Archive Index - September 2001

["Jeremy" <jeremy@electrosilk.net>]

> > If you receive an e-mail containing an attachment called "readme.exe" -
DO
> > NOT OPEN THIS FILE. Simply delete the entire e-mail.
>
> This is no help to you if you run Internet Explorer, Outlook, or Outlook
> Express.
>
> The latest CERT advisory says that if you have Outlook/Outlook Express
with
> preview enabled you will be infected automatically the email is received.
>
> Turn off the preview pane on your browser, then go to Microsoft and
download
> IE service pack 2, or the hotfix to service pack 1, depending on your
> browser version.

To add insult to injury, someone on sharechat has snow-white virus as well
and just tried to infect me :-)

If you are connected to paradise.net.nz at this moment (machine
203-79-109-233.tnt9.paradise.net.nz), you have the snow-white virus.

Jeremy


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