Re: virus question

[Krista Fersch <YALibrary@AOL.COM>]

I seriously doubt it was a virus - if it was it was an extremely simple one (and 
done by an amateur).  Viruses have to be downloaded to 'infect' a computer.  They 
usually have a file suffix of .scr and sometimes .exe.  The text message sent to us 
was not a virus - it was simply a text message. Most viruses that are sent off to 
people in the original computer's addressbook will also have function that, once 
downloaded, sends yet another copy of itself to the people in the other 
addressbooks.  Hence the name - "virus".  My thought on what the message was? 
Personally, I think the sender sent it to some people she knew and accidently sent 
it to LM_NET.  Who knows.  Anyway - just keep in mind that if you get a mail 
message and you open it to read the text and there is another program that you have 
to open or click on, don't - THAT is the virus.  Always remember - viruses come as 
attachments to text messages - NOT the actual text message itself.

Krista Fersch
Young Adult Librarian
Indian River County Main Library
Vero Beach, Florida

YA Library@aol.com

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