<x-html><html> [apologies for crossposting ... you wouldn't believe how many lists I feel morally-bound to send this to]<br> <br> Greetings,<br> This morning I finally connected long enough to my ISP to update my virus definitions for Norton antivirus and I was greatly dismayed to discover that I had been infected with the W32.Plage.Worm. I have no idea when I was infected with same, but the virus apparently first appeared in January of 2000 (which coincides with a time I was having -- and continue to have -- problems connecting with my ISP, including in regards to such things as scheduled tasks like Live Update for Norton Antivirus). It isn't really a harmful thing, as far as viruses/worms go, but it is one of those things one can pass along without even knowing it -- it supposedly sends a message to any unanswered message it finds in your email program. If you have received a message like the following from me (or anyone else, for that matter):<br> <br> P2000 Mail auto-reply:<br> ' I'll try to reply as soon as possible. <br> Take a look to the attachment and send me your opinion! '<br> > Get your FREE P2000 Mail now! <<br> <br> ... you should do a virus scan. There is an attachment that comes with the message as a supposed .zip file which can have various names (mine was news_doc.zip but apparently the name is randomly selected from a list). If you haven't received such a message, there should be no need to worry.<br> As for what the virus does, if you're on your computer between midnight and 2 a.m. on a Wednesday, you'll be given a rather disturbing image on your screen of Hitler with a gun in his mouth and an appeal to stop the "plage" (sic) affecting the world.<br> <br> More info on the virus (including info on the various file names of the attachment containing it) at:<br> <br> <font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.plage.worm.html"; eudora="autourl">http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.plage.worm.html<br> </a></u></font>or<br> <font color="#0000FF"><u><a href="http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/p2000.htm"; eudora="autourl">http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/p2000.htm<br> <br> </a></u></font>I sincerely hope I haven't passed this along to you, but if I have, my sincerest apologies.<br> <br> regards,<br> dm <br> <br>
<font size=2>]|[David Meadows]|[ <a href="http://web.idirect.com/~atrium"; eudora="autourl">http://web.idirect.com/~atrium</a> ]|[Rogue Classicist]|[<br> </font></html> </x-html>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Mar 05 08:23:06 2000 >From mantovano-returns Sat Mar 4 10:09:36 2000 Received: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) by wilsoninet.com (8.8.5) id KAA13465; Sat, 4 Mar 2000 10:09:36 -0800 (PST) X-Authentication-Warning: wilsoninet.com: Host musi46.musi.macalester.edu [141.140.43.46] claimed to be oldm113-13116 Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 12:13:51 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: David Wilson-Okamura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: VIRGIL: Virus Alert In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-UIDL: eeedc36e79c6c39d8101dc3b88a7dd9f I hope that last email (from David Meadows) didn't panic anyone. I have just done a very thorough check, and Mantovano has NOT, repeat NOT served as a conduit for the "plage" virus (or any other virus for that matter). A general note: please don't use this list to pass on virus alerts. David's message seems to me a special case, since he was concerned that he might have become an unwilling vector for the virus and infected some of us. May I suggest a course of action if and when this happens again? Email me first; I keep archives of everything that happens on this list, and can determine whether a virus has been distributed. Incidentally, one thing that keeps down the danger of viruses on this list is our no-attachments policy. With very few exceptions, no attachments = no viruses. (It also helps those who have small storage quotas on their email accounts.) Yours faithfully, David Wilson-Okamura Listowner, Mantovano ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wilson-Okamura http://geoffreychaucer.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Macalester College Chaucer: An Annotated Guide to Online Resources ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
