Re: GEN: Virus in LM_NET mail

[Hilda Mah <hmlis@TELUSPLANET.NET>]

I had the same thing happen to me just before Christmas, that is, I
received an email that said it was a HIT for a request *I* had posted a few
months ago.  I deleted the item without opening the attachment.

Hilda Mah
Teacher-Librarian
Virginia Park School
Edmonton, Alberta
hmlis@telusplanet.net

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> From: Molly Clark <mcclark@ALDUS.NORTHNET.ORG>
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: GEN:  Virus in LM_NET mail
> Date: January 3, 2000 7:22 AM
>
> Something similar happened to me just before Christmas - I received an
> e-mail that said it was a HIT for a request *I* had posted a few months
> ago, which I thought was strange.  I deleted it.  Last year someone used
my
> name to post an offensive message to the list.  Peter dropped the person,
> as I recall.  Wierd stuff.
>
> Molly Clark
> Library Media Specialist
> Trinity Catholic School - Oswego, NY
> email: mcclark@northnet.org
> http://thames.northnet.org/spa
>
>
>
>
> Janet Carmine writes:
>
> > Hi, Fellow 'Netters,
> >
> > If this has been repeated, I am sorry.  I have been ill during the
> > holidays and could not keep up with the mail.  If not, please read on.
> >
> > One day during the holidays, I received a piece of mail which said it
> > was a HIT from a request I had made some time earlier.  I opened it,
> > since it was from LM_NET, I thought.  It was an executable file, but I
> > thought that someone had sent me a response in that format.  When I
> > opened it, my computer froze.  It was, in fact, a virus.  I thought I
> > had deleted it immediately upon restarting my computer.  Luckily, I got
> > a new virus scan for myself last week and installed it on my system.
> > (This was at home, not at work.)  The virus was still there.  The new
> > virus program quarantined the virus and has deleted it.
> >
> > I am not one of these people who run around crying that the sky is
> > falling.  I have been working with computers for many years.  Someone
> > has obviously found a way to get into areas that I thought were
> > inviolate.  This is not meant to scare anyone, but just to let you know
> > that it can happen.
> >
> > I will no longer open any executable files that I receive on my
> > computer.  Please know that people can get into our list and use it to
> > create problems.
> >
> > Janet Carmine, Library Media Specialist
> > George Marks Elementary School
> > DeLand, Florida 32724
> > <jcarmine@geomarks.volusia.k12.fl.us>
> >
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