Virus Alert!

I know that viruses are not part of the newsgroup scene, but this one is
important enough, that I felt like making an announcement, to keep someone
from getting burned.

DO NOT open any e-mails that say "Merry Christmas" in the subject line. It
will probably be coming from someone in your address book, so trust none of
them.

This will delete the 0 sector on your hard drive, so it is a bad virus; said
to be one of the worst ones in while.

Cheers
--
Jim in NC

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:21:58 -0500, "Morgans"
wrote:

Microsoft Outlook Express

That will only affect those users who are ignorant enough to run
e-mail client program that automatically opens links embedded within
e-mail messages such as Microsoft Outlook Express.

Savvy users have nothing to fear.

Gotcha!

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:21:58 -0500, "Morgans" wrote in :

I know that viruses are not part of the newsgroup scene, but this one is
important enough, that I felt like making an announcement, to keep someone
from getting burned.

DO NOT open any e-mails that say "Merry Christmas" in the subject line. It
will probably be coming from someone in your address book, so trust none of
them.

This will delete the 0 sector on your hard drive, so it is a bad virus; said
to be one of the worst ones in while.

There is a tiny grain of truth in this mixed with a load
of ... uh ... dross:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/merry-chr...rus-hoax.shtml

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

Marty
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DO NOT open any e-mails that say "Merry Christmas" in the subject line.
It will probably be coming from someone in your address book, so trust
none of them.

This will delete the 0 sector on your hard drive, so it is a bad virus;
said to be one of the worst ones in while.



Check out Snopes for this one.

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

Paul
N1431A
KPLU

Larry Dighera schrieb:

That will only affect those users who are ignorant enough to run
e-mail client program that automatically opens links embedded within
e-mail messages such as Microsoft Outlook Express.

Savvy users have nothing to fear.

Actually, it affects those users who are ignorant enough not to
recognize a hoax.

Savvy users have nothing to fear.

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:29:29 +0100, Stefan
wrote:

Larry Dighera schrieb:

That will only affect those users who are ignorant enough to run
e-mail client program that automatically opens links embedded within
e-mail messages such as Microsoft Outlook Express.

Savvy users have nothing to fear.

Actually, it affects those users who are ignorant enough not to
recognize a hoax.


How can one be SURE it's a hoax if one is unable to see the contents
of the e-mail message without launching the links contained in it?

"Martin X. Moleski, SJ" wrote

There is a tiny grain of truth in this mixed with a load
of ... uh ... dross:

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/merry-chr...rus-hoax.shtml

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

Interesting. I didn't see that warning earlier. I guess the joke is on
me.

Sorry, all.
--
Jim in NC

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:17:31 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:29:29 +0100, Stefan
wrote:

Larry Dighera schrieb:

That will only affect those users who are ignorant enough to run
e-mail client program that automatically opens links embedded within
e-mail messages such as Microsoft Outlook Express.

Savvy users have nothing to fear.

Actually, it affects those users who are ignorant enough not to
recognize a hoax.


How can one be SURE it's a hoax if one is unable to see the contents
of the e-mail message without launching the links contained in it?


*****************************

Larry

Get something like MailWasher and you can preview the e-mail on server
and then make the decision whether to down load it or not.

I ran through Snopes and they say HOAX.

Big John

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:17:31 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote in :

On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 20:29:29 +0100, Stefan
wrote:

Larry Dighera schrieb:

That will only affect those users who are ignorant enough to run
e-mail client program that automatically opens links embedded within
e-mail messages such as Microsoft Outlook Express.

Savvy users have nothing to fear.

Actually, it affects those users who are ignorant enough not to
recognize a hoax.

How can one be SURE it's a hoax if one is unable to see the contents
of the e-mail message without launching the links contained in it?

A savvy user either disables that feature or uses an
e-mail client that doesn't automatically launch links
contained in the e-mail.

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/merry-chr...rus-hoax.shtml

http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/invitation.asp

Or they have their incoming e-mail checked for viruses.

Marty
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