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05/05/2000 12:45:24
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Title:
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00366060
Message ID:
00366650
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14
That's the word we got yesterday. I didn't test it to make sure :) but that's one reason why I just say 'No' to the notification and then go read the mail in preview mode....



>???????? "Just opening the message" ?????????
>
>Are you sure about this? If so, the danger is greatly compounded by anyone using the 'notification' feature... "New mail has arrived, read now?" could kill ya!
>
>Again ... are you sure about this?
>
>Thanks
>
>>Apparently just opening the message will open the attachment. We've been told that the "Preview" mode is ok, and it appears to be. So it's not necessarily those 'darn users'
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>>>>Hey gang.... this one is for real. You can go to
>>>>http://msnbc.com/news/403350.asp for details
>>>>
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>>>>How do I know it is real...because I got the message. How is it spread... Well, if you are stupid enough to open a VBScript Attachement, it will infect your machine. It will then check to see who you have sent email to, pick an address in your contacts list, and make it appear it is coming from a friendly address. My reply address was from somebody at AppDev.
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>>>>How dumb is the person??? They put their contact information in the comments of the code. What a dumb-ass!!
>>>>
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>>>>DO NOT OPEN THE EMAIL!!!!!!!
>>>
>>>Too late. We've been slammed very hard by this today. A user right near me has an infected kernel file, and is in very bad shape, cannot boot. Many others here in same status. The McAfee AV picks it up, but cannot handle it. Some users have received 100s of these messages by now, propogating like crazy.
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>>>No matter how many times you tell the darn users NOT TO OPEN these, they do anyway. It's truly astonishing.
>>>
>>>Haven't had this much excitement around here in quite awhile :)
"You don't manage people. You manage things - people you lead" Adm. Grace Hopper
Pflugerville, between a Rock and a Weird Place
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