Be careful Pat. I had the same thinking. I thought to myself, "Victor, has to be okay." I kept trying to open the attachment but could never do so. As I said before I had let my Norton Antivirus updates lapse for a week but thought I was still safe. When I started having really sluggish action I tried to contact Symantec to resubscribe but could never get through, and believe me it was not easy for I was constantly freezing up. Took me 12 hours to get it taken care of. I finally gave up on them and subscribed with Mcaffee. They immediately told me that infection had occurred. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 10:21 AM Subject: virus - njc
> i picked up a post from victor with an attachment and opened it and > downloaded the attachment, then tried to open the attachment. i guess if it > had come from anyone else, i probably wouldn't have opened it. but i've > swapped emails with victor over the years and saw him a year ago so i figured > it was ok. i thought maybe it was a muppet or something. well...nothing > happened so far. the file wouldn't open...so maybe my computer which is a > corporate thing which has a boat load of norton stuff on it zapped it. > > or maybe it's lying dormant like some kind of resident virus which is going > to pop out on me unexpectantly in the future. i don't know. but one thing > is for sure....you don't get a virus because you've emailed with someone of > the same sex or someone who has a reason to be guilty...... > > you get it from unsafe text. > pat > np. steve earle - transcendental blues > > > > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 01:25:23 -0300 > > From: "Wally Kairuz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: an apology > > > > dearest mark, > > no need to apologize, baby. it could happen to anyone. > > love, > > wallushka
