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[ICANN-EU] Virus Alert - Urgent
- To: icann-europe@fitug.de, ga@dnso.org
- Subject: [ICANN-EU] Virus Alert - Urgent
- From: Jefsey Morfin <jefsey@wanadoo.fr>
- Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 12:09:25 +0200
- Comment: This message comes from the icann-europe mailing list.
- Sender: owner-icann-europe@fitug.de
To all.
I suppose you will not mind this crossposting of mine of a mail received
on the IDNO ML as the matter is probably of interest and urgency to all
of us on these MLs. Thank you Karl.
Jefsey
>Dear list members,
> I have just received a telephone call from Leah (jandl@jandl.com)
>Gallegos about her system being destroyed by a virus carried by a .JPG
>attachment with no header. This is especially frightening in that she
>is far more vigilant than most about these matters and in a moment of
>being tired, opened an attachment from an unknowing carrier of the virus
>(Judith Oppenhaimer) that she trusts very much. The virus, known as
>"W32/MTX@MM" attacked and quickly and effectively destroyed her whole
>system. She will be down, other than the occasional use of a second
>computer nit yet even set up for e-mail, for quite a while now until a
>careful attempt to save what she can is completed before re-formatting
>the drive and re-installing EVERYTHING!
> PLEASE everyone be careful and KNOW what you are opening before you
>open it, regardless of who sent it. The sender may never know they are a
>"carrier" while destroying everything on your computer!!!
>
> Sincerely yours,
> Karl E. Peters
> karl.peters@bridgecompanies.com