I wonder if I am having the same problem, all I did was open my e-mail and I have double of everything, did Penny send it to us from her e-mail? Is anyone else having the same problem. I did not open any files at all, I just logged on and opened her e-mail? I am quite new to this, so how do I check to see if I have the "worm" and what do I do about it if I do? Rose Young ----- Original Message ----- From: <Paskenell@aol.com> To: <MOSTONE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:42 AM Subject: [MOSTONE-L] Sermon on the Hard Drive - Soapbox Chapter 1 verse 1 > Penny gives some good advice. Luckily she got hit with one of the more > harmless, yet annoying, email virus's going around. Most people dont even > know they have it...until a freind receives two emails, instead of the one > that was sent. It is not reported to damage the user's system, just add > itself to all outgoing e-mail's (unknown to the sender). > > While this virus, or worm as it is known, is fairly harmless, the vast > majority of virus' are nasty and will do many things to your system. There > are thousand's of virus' out there that do everything from crashing a system > (permanently) to planting a worm inside your computer, allowing other's > access to your private records. > > It is wise to follow Penny's advice and not open any attachment with an exe. > command. While many are harmless, are you willing to risk your entire > computer, and everything on your hard drive, for a funny cartoon? If someone > sends you an attachment, even your best friend or relative, download it to a > disk thru your A drive, and then virus scan before opening. If the file is > over 1.4 mb, ask them to zip it and resend it. If its an exe file, ask them > what it is. Most every harmless exe cartoon, or what not ut there, is on the > net somewhere... so if you just have to see it, search for it. If you can not > afford a virus scan, there are free one's available. I use InoculateT > Personal Edition, which is free and has updates you can download. > > Until a file is in your hard drive, your fairly safe. Opening an exe. file > gives that file access to your hard drive. Downloading anything to your C > drive..is your hard drive. And one other thing... please back up your > important files. What would you most miss if your house burnt down tomorrow? > Probably, like most people that have had this horrifying experience, the only > thing they can't ever replace - the family pictures. So...I recommend you > take all your photo negatives to a bank safe deposit box. Same thing on your > computer...back up what you can't replace. It's very inexpensive insurance. > (there are even now sites you can upload your personal files to on the net - > protected by a password - www.xoom.com has one, and I an sure there are > others) > > Sorry for the soap box - just hate to see innocent hard working people hurt > by jerks!! > And thank you for sharing Penny. > > David > Displaced SW Missourian in Orlando, FL > >