Let's not get paranoid now.... (only joking.....) I got the "Hi" emails (can't even count how many!) from many different kinds of sources. One was a very close friend. We are definitely a society out of control. In solidarity, Roxanne
Cynthia wrote: > I'm not tracking it in any way, but the one which actually infected my > computer came from a musician who is not in any way connected to the labor > movement that I know of. (Norton has fended off a lot of them from other > sources - I think the number of lists I belong to is probably a factor but > that's just a guess). > -cynthia > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jane Livingston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [folkschool-list] Another virus alert - GONER > > I'm wondering if anyone is tracking who's getting these viruses? Is it > coincidence that so often it seems to be folks involved in labor organizing > who report these attacks (on this listserve)? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:57 PM > Subject: Re: [folkschool-list] Another virus alert - GONER > > >I have to tell you that I never laughed so loud! Thanks for the good one. > Also, > >I had over 14 of the Goner emails titled "Hi" -- all of which I deleted and > >deleted again. And about 24 emails warning me not to open it -- all of > which I > >deleted. And about a dozen from our list serve with HelpNet -- all of which > I > >read. So, I go around singing "What's it all about, Alfie?" Gets me through > the > >day. Thank you Jon for being there! In solidarity, Roxanne > > > >Jane Livingston wrote: > > > >> 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. 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