I have been getting strange Norton messages lately as well (and I use
McAffee not Norton). Most of them seem to be trying to sell me something,
yet when I checked the properties, it seemed that the email was coming from
kenya, and another from a hotmail account. I just blocked the sender and I
haven't had any more.
Diane Gallagher-Hayashi
Teacher-Librarian
Stelly's School
Saanich School District (63)
Saanichton, British Columbia
Canada
Diane_Hayashi@sd63.bc.ca
daichan@islandnet.com
"I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a
gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am proud of what I am...I, am a librarian!"
The Mummy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Madeline L. Buchanan" <mlbuchanan1@CHARTER.NET>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, February 02, 2003 12:19 PM
Subject: Strange virus warning from Norton's
> When I checked my email earlier today I got a strange virus warning
message.
> The sender was supposedly Norton's and the warning was in red, not the
usual
> Norton's yellow. The warning told me that my machine was infected with
the
> Sobig virus and that it could not be repaired.
>
> I was immediately alerted. Any email virus warning that I have received
in
> the past has given me the option to quarantine the virus if it could not
be
> repaired. This one didn't. Also how can simply opening an email program
> put a virus on the machine? I had run a Norton scan last night and no
files
> or boot record was infected. I ran a scan again after receiving the
warning
> and no files or boot record was infected. I checked the startup folder
and
> there were no virus files in it.
>
> I did not open the message which had no subject. Any email that I have
> received from Symantec before was from Symantec, not Norton. I rebooted
the
> machine and reopened my mail program and the message did not show up. Any
> virus messages that I have received previously have been from individual
> senders. I have never received such a message from Norton's before.
>
> I am warning everyone that if they get such a message, do not open it. I
> don't know if the message itself had a virus or not, but I was not about
to
> take a chance.
>
> Please let me know if anyone else has experienced this.
>
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> Madeline L. Buchanan
> Library Media Specialist
> W. J. Christian School (K-8)
> Birmingham, AL
> Voice: (205) 231-5277
> Fax: (205) 231-5279
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>
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> amount of time to browse around."
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