Whenever you receive ANY email detailing how you should take steps to DELETE anything from you machine, you need to make the rounds to www.Symantec.com, www.MacAfee.com, and hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ .
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Downall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:38 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Teddy Bear Virus > I didn't mean to make Laura feel foolish. It wasn't "Laura's steps," it was > some virus prankster's steps. Virus and hoax perpetrators can > sometimes be very clever about making their advice appear legitimate. > Bill O. is right, list servers are one way to check out, verify and > communicate about threats, both real and phony. > > Bill D. > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:59:04 -0600, Laura Harris wrote: > > >Thank you for clearing this up. I was very worried that I'd > >spread something harmful to everyone's computers. > > > >I regret responding to the hoax and feel rather foolish. > > > >
