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I use a free virus scanner called AVG. AVG detected this virus when I
received the same e-mail sometime last week and the AVG virus scanner
took care of the "dodgy" attachment immediately.
-----Original Message-----
From: bounce-techwr-l-118026 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
[mailto:bounce-techwr-l-118026 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf Of Sharon
Burton-Hardin
Sent: 15 April 2003 21:01
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Worrisome email
I just got an email from what, at first glance, looks to be from the
Microsoft Internet Security Section. It has an attachment they are
urging me to install as a cumulative patch for the month of April.
Looking at the header, this is from Rugosa -at- pandora -dot- be, which would NOT
be from Microsoft at all. Obviously, this is a virus of some sort. And,
the fact that I know that Microsoft does not send these things out this
way is also a clue.
The scary thing is the attachment got thru intact. The latest updates in
my Norton did not strip this out. And I am updated with the latest virus
definitions. I have seen previous ones get cleaned out but not this one.
Scary.
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Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.467 / Virus Database: 266 - Release Date: 01/04/2003
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Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.467 / Virus Database: 266 - Release Date: 01/04/2003
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