How could this have happened on the Mac OS? This sounds like one of those new PC viruses. I just read in the New York Times on 25 Sep 01 called "Vote Virus" spreading through email users of Microsoft's Outlook. It appears with a subject line "Peace between America and Islam!" and the body of the message is about voting. when the attachment entitled WTC.exe is opened is deletes all files and sends copies of the email of every address listed in the address book.
Is Victoria using MS Outlook for email? I still don't see how an exe file could affect a Mac. Donna Pointer-- iMac, ergo iAm > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 02:51:35 -0400 > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (PowerBooks) > Subject: PowerBooks Digest #534 > > e-mail > From: Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi. > > I dont know weather this is where it has come from but i received an E-mail > on my pride and joy (540c) about 40 mins ago saying , With ref to your 5xx > stuff do you have any of these and then an attachment to open to see what i > believed to be a picture. On opening the attachment i got a black screen > saying GOT YOU in big white writing and then it went black, thinking that > the 540c had crashed i tried to restart it but no joy so i hookedup the cd > and started from os8 boot cd only to find that my HDD on my 540c was totally > erased. > > > I don't think we have that type of people on this list but i am going to > send out a copy of this email to all my address book to let people know. > > and no don't worry i am using my 5300 for this e-mail -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
