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    1. [HILL-L] Virus Notice with attachment .EXE
    2. Cliff Townsend
    3. List members, I received a virus yesterday. The following message will defind what happened. Sheryl, I got one of these messages too, with the title that I gave it to the KYDAVIES list, and yes, it had an attachment called Monica.exe. However, I noticed that both the To and From addresses were both mine (it did not go out to the list). I'll bet the one you got also said To and From yourself. Bottom line is that this indicates that someone on this list has a remailer virus. DO NOT OPEN AN ATTACHMENT THAT ENDS IN .EXE. That's the only way to make sure you are safe from executable viruses. So, for all of us, if you get an email both To and From yourself, with an attachement, NEVER EVER OPEN IT, DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY. Janet Janet, Thank you very much. This is so, I did get it "to and from myself". I do want to tell you that it changes it's name each time it goes out. Also, my virus scan did not detect the virus and it blocked all my incoming messages until we found it. We noticed unusual activity with our modem. We notified our server just in case it had attached to their data also. I hope this does not happen to any of you. It is our first experience with a virus. It is not pleasant. Everyone please take heed to this. thanks, sheryl

    12/22/1999 09:11:58