Re: HaHaHa problem

[Dan Robinson Indexing Services <drobinson@INFO.HWWILSON.COM>]

If you open the email to forward, that activates the virus, Or,
your email program may open a message to forward it without
your knowledge. The email only comes as an attachment, not
as a message and an attachment. The safe way to handle a
virus message is to send a separate message to your Sys
admin telling him about the problem. If he wants to trace the
message, or if you would like to trace the message, he should
know a safe way of looking at the headers.  ( I know safe
ways to do it, but I'm not going to put them on the list, since
the possibility for making mistakes and activating a virus/worm
is too high).

Dan Robinson
HW Wilson Company
Bronx, NY
drobinson@hwwilson.com

On 2 Feb 01, at 10:20, Hamer, Sharon wrote:

> I got it a couple of weeks ago and I DEFINITELY did not open the
> attachement. What I did was forward the message to our system administrator
> and then immediately got a warning that my computer was infected with a
> virus and I was stuck like htat until the tech people came and disinfected
> me.
>
> Sharon Hamer                    Media Specialist

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