thanks for reminding me to chuckle, Paul! -----Original Message----- From: Paul Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 8:54 AM Subject: Re: [folkschool-list] Another virus alert - GONER
>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] ml> >> >>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 > > > **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 ==^================================================================
