From rgafner@pressroom.com Sun May 28 18:32:00 2000
Subject:Re: [Voce] Virus Alert -- PLEASE READ!

Guys? No women in the discussion group????

Concerning virus infestation , Is this a problem for Mac OS?

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From: "Bruce Wahler"
To: "Voce Group"
Subject: [Voce] Virus Alert -- PLEASE READ!
Date: Sun, May 28, 2000, 7:34 PM

Bruce's Stationary StationeryGuys,

I just received a virus alert from a website that hosts one of our members.
It said:
A message you authored has been detected as containing a virus. Please DO
NOT send any more messages until you have run an anti-virus program on your
system and then resend the message.

The scanned document was QUARANTINED.

Virus Information:

The attachment att1.htm contained the virus WScript.KakWorm and could NOT be
repaired.

I ran Norton AV 2000 with the latest signatures, and sure enough, it found
something. There were three files in my Windows directory that were
infected:

KAK.HTM
{something}.KAK

I deleted them, so I don't know what the {something} is anymore. One of
them had a very long name that was reminiscent of registry keys. If you
have these files, PLEASE DELETE THEM.

The only messages that I have sent in the last 24 hours are (1) a reply to
the post about the Rotosphere, and (2) a private message to one of our
members. When looking through my sent file, however, I see some very
strange code in the middle of the Voce reply message -- coincidentally,
right where the GO.COM add was in the original message. That leaves two
possibilities: (a) the GO.COM ad had a virus, or (B) the GO.COM ad was
replaced by the virus code.

I am sorry for any trouble this may have caused anyone on the list. I run
Norton AV on bootup and in the background at all times, and I am puzzled as
to how the virus got past the checking program. A note to Norton is
probably in order ...

Best regards,

-BW

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Bruce Wahler
Ashby Solutions™
www.ashbysolutions.com
Voce Support Group moderator
978.386.7389
bruce@ashbysolutions.com

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