1. All email attachments should be treated as suspect unless you
know the sender well. Even then (as Happy99.exe demonstrated)
this may not be sufficient.
2. The VBS virus "Bubble Boy" does not need to be highlighted to
get you. Simply opening the email in Outlook will do it. This
is the first time that this has been true. Somebody posted the
source code for it on a BBS, so expect more of this variety.
On the bright side, Microsoft has released a patch for the affected
programs that you can get at www.microsoft.com.
3. The best way to prepare is to keep your virus checking software
current. This means downloading the new libraries or data
files every week. If your virus checker has an auto-update
feature or an email list for updates, get on it.
4. If you have no virus software you are on your own. I will pray
over your computer when it dies.
White Buffalo
MIT LIncoln Laboratory System Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 12/2/99 12:07:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > t is my standard practice to delete ALL e-mail w/ executable attachments
> > unless I know for sure I can trust the source. Unfortunately that cuts out
> > some close but less than totally computer literate friends. <g>
> >
> > --Allen
> >
> >
> > Spirit Rider wrote:
> >
> > > Sorry this is off topic but though I'd pass this along for those that do
> > > not know.
> > > For those of you that may not know there is a virus going around
> > > that is attached to your e-mail as a .exe file. The only way for you to
> > > get the
> > > virus is by opening the .exe file. The e-mail will say something to the
> > > effect of:
> > > hello,(your name) I will e-mail you the information you requested
> > > ASAP. Until you get the e-mail take a look at this file.
> > > This isn't a friend of a friend thing. This was on CNN/Headline news.
> > > >From what CNN said this .exe only can get through to certain programs.
> > > If I remember right, I.E. and Netscape were not mentioned in the lineup.
> > >
> > > Later,
> > > Noel"Spirit Rider"Bell
> > > _______
>
>
> But did you guys know about the virus that is going around that you can
> get without even having to download the file? There is a new one that has
> bore through the MS Outlook program that when you are looking at the
> different mail in your inbox, just by having it highlighted can trigger it.
> You can get it and it would look perfectly legit from someone you know and
> boom, you have this virus that just messes up everything that has to do with
> Outlook.
> This one has been on the news a lot lately. It is best to back up what
> you need that is important and keep it near. Also you may want to find all of
> the software that came with your computer so that you can restore it. I can
> help with that and save you some bother if you don't know how to do that, but
> if you have a Compaq Presario, I'm sorry I can't help you with that system as
> it is slightly different from one that has it's BIOS built into the
> motherboard.
> If you find that virus, it is important to delete that message right
> away and then go through the personal filing cabinet and delete it there to
> because it can still get you from there too. I'm talking about completely
> wiping out the hard drive and restoring it from scratch without viruses. All
> of the drivers for sound, joysticks, and other hardware will need to get
> completely re-added and it is a total system reboot.
> I can only help with Windows 98 OS because I have no other info and they do
> not run exactly the same as Windows 95 in this particular area.
> Don't be scared of a computer virus unless you are the one who made the
> thing, cause the Feds will be looking for ya. There is a w ay to get around
> it if you absolutely have to.
>
> Iron Mike
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