Thanks for the tip, Clint. It cannot be emphasized enough about keeping AV and firewall protection current, as an infection affects us all either directly or indirectly. The people who create and/or propagate these various programs and variations (techno-germs?) are the Typhoid Marys of the Internet. The only real defense is eternal vigilance.
Roger ******** Given good conditions, downloading a one yottabyte (2^80) file over a 28.8 Kbps connection would take about 140 billion years. ================================================= ----- Original Message ----- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 2:27 AM Subject: PCWorks: JUNKSURF Trojan > It's imperative everyone updates their AV software NOW, > and again even if you updated it a few hours ago. There > is a new Trojan out as of 14 hours ago (when is was first > discovered) called JUNKSURF. As of this email writing > only EIGHTEEN computers were infected WORLDWIDE, > mine being one of them! 15 infections in the USA. Apparently > I was among the first couple or so to get it. 24 hours ago I > got some emails with no links in the message body: > <snip> ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
