dkeith wrote:
> I made the very bad mistake of opening an attachment from a newsgroups
> post the other day. The attachment was an executable file called
> HAPPY99.exe. I thought it was from one of the regular list members but
> it wasn't. I opened to a graphic of fireworks and said season greetings
> or something like that - it seemed pretty benign at first, but later I
> saw that every time I sent out an email it attached itself to the email,
> and I guess if anyone else opened it this process would continue. I
> found that it had stored the HAPPY99.EXE file on my desk top so I put it
> in the recycle bin. That stopped the actual file from being attached to
> my email, but outgoing mail continued to say there was an attachment on
> the mail, and I guess it said the attachment was an executable file
> because now I can't send mail to quite a few servers that probably have
> some kind of screening out of messages with .exe files. Does anyone
> know how I can change whatever is causing my mail to appear to have this
> attachment.... Many thanks..... David Keith
NORTON ANTIVIRUS
