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Same thing happened to me. The virus just randomly
selects people from your address book and sends them an e-mail with an attached
file that it has infected. You don't even know it is happening. It
sends it at the same time you might be sending someone else an e-mail. The
worst part is that when you receive the e-mail you usually open it because you
know the sender and trust them. BE CAREFUL!!!!
Dan Doherty
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:15
PM
Subject: t-and-f: Another New Virus
T-and-F readers beware!
I received a couple of e-mails, all with attachment. I thought
that I knew
one of the senders, so I openned it. Bad decision.
The letters all start
out with something about reviewing a file (not
very well written). Don't
open the file!
I e-mailed a few of
the senders and got this reply from one:
The file was sent by a
virus, actually a worm which infected my computer two
days ago. The
worm sends out documents as attachments from the infected
hosts 'my
documents' folder. This worm is only activated if you open the
attachment. If you did open the attachment here is the Norton
Utilities site
which has the procedure to get rid of the worm. Note:
I am told this worm
only affects PC's.
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