Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is a good one to be cautious about. Besides jamming mail servers like a rat in drainpipe (like last year's Melissa virus), it also has a taste for audio (.mp2, .mp3) files and graphics (.jpg and .jpeg) files on your hard drive. Cnet News reported that a "large publishing house" lost its complete photo archive to the bugger this morning. I had a half dozen infected messages on my work account this morning. However, since I know that no one really loves me, I deleted them without even opening them. Chuck Albertson Seattle, Wash. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Fwd: Virus warning > Just me being cautious. Until I have had a chance to see the virus or to > read an authoritative description of its nature, I'm making the > block-filters a little tighter than they need to be. In the 2 hours since I > wrote that, the big-3 antivirus companies have all issued statements about > this virus, and I think I can back off a little now that I know more about it. > >