It's a good thing I spent those 6 years in the zendo or I'd by now be dividing the world into good and evil. Ahem - in a moment of non-pointedness of mind (5 p.m., going home, opening a message from a person I trusted - whose only complicity was being a user of Outlook and having me in the address book) I became a victim of goner.ter (new extension for terrorist use only), and devoted 4 hours of my life to fixing this. Unfortunately, if I had just waited it would have been 5 minutes, since I followed directions posted by Norton while they were still on the upward slope of their learning curve. By late evening they had posted an automatic fix that took care of everything - before then, while the damage was far from "fatal" (how our vocabulary gets warped by online jargon), it was a royal mess. At dinner I announced to my family, excuse my language group, but people who do this sort of thing are real ass*. I think Norton protects us better than the US government and I'm finally ready to privatize. Norton for President. Paul S.
At 07:53 AM 12/05/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Well, it seems like it's virus month on the Internet. HelpNet member >Roxanne Munksgaard sent me an alert E-mail she had gotten from Symantec >about the latest virus, "w32.Goner.A@mm." This is another mass-mailing >virus, which can also spread through the ICQ and IRC networks. When a >machine is infected, the virus can disable (and delete) common antivirus >and firewall programs -- it's a nasty one. > >The virus will arrive as an E-mail attachment to a message (quite possibly >from someone you know), with the subject "Hi," which says it's sending you >a screen saver. The attached file is named "gone.scr" - DO NOT OPEN IT! > >There are updated virus definitions available from both McAfee and Norton >that will protect you from this virus. FOr more information, see: ><http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >And thanks, Roxanne. > >Jon > >Jonathan Falk >Pine Tree Folk School >RR 2, Box 7162 >Carmel, ME 04419 >(207)848-2433 ><http://www.ptfolkschool.org> > > > >**Folkschool-list archives are at: ><http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> > Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School > > **Folkschool-list archives are at: <http://www.mint.net/folkschool/helpnet/archives.htm> Sponsored by Pine Tree Folk School ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84vzQ.a9gqS3 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
