Yep... this one is real. Steer clear of the message with the subject: MI Re: Gradient/slope shading Note that this is a response to an original that didn't have the virus. I just received the actual message and went into my Netscape mail folder with a text editor before opening the message (you can't do that if you use Internet Explorer because it packs messages as binary files... and guess what sort of browsers this virus attacks?) Sure enough, there it was embedded in between <<SCRIPT tags. Snipped it out and then no problems. Interesting techinique...simple too. As long as people insist on using HTML formatted mail, we will see lots more of these. BTW, it's unlikely that Roeland had any idea this had attached itself to his mail, so let's not flame the wrong party. Makes me wonder if things like this would convice people to send only plain text messages and refrain from using attachments (including vcards!). I really don't think we need HTML text in a mailing list. - Bill Thoen ------------------------------------------------------------ GISnet, 1401 Walnut St., Suite C, Boulder, CO 80302 tel: 303-786-9961, fax: 303-443-4856 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ctmap.com/gisnet ------------------------------------------------------------ Bill Thoen wrote: > > This message has triggered multiple virus alerts by servers > worldwide handling mail to MapInfo-L: > > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:26:55 +0200 > From: Roeland van der Spek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Mapinfolist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: MI Re: Gradient/slope shading > > Apparently the KAKWORM.A virus is in the attachment. I'll be checking > into this, but just in case it's real and not some misidentified MapBasic > code, this warning is a word to the wise. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
