Klarinet Archive - Posting 000955.txt from 1999/10

From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: virus (fwd)
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 12:22:03 -0400

Mark Charette schrieb:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
> To: [lots of people, snipped out]
>
> David,
> Since this message was sent to a lot of people on your mailing list, I'll
> assume that _something_ hit your machine, but it wasn't the "ITGTSJ" virus.
> Check http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/jesus-hoax.html . The
> manual passing on of the hoax message _is_ the virus.
>
> Every time anyone gets one of these "virus warnngs", check it against
> http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html . I'd swear that the techs in
> major companies are the worst for passing on disinformation. Then when a
> real problem like Melissa hits, people figure it's a hoax.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark Charette@-----.org
> Webmaster, http://www.sneezy.org
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------

Oops! Sorry 'bout that! I bookmarked the page to check future warnings. Thanks,
Mark!

David
David Glenn
notestaff@-----.de

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