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RE: Virus floating around

To: "The Birdhouse" <gobird@ameritech.net>, "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Virus floating around
From: "Larry Hoy" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 01:52:11 -0700
Got it too.

Larry Hoy

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>Behalf Of The Birdhouse
>Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:33 PM
>To: mgs
>Subject: RE: Virus floating around
>
>
>Yup, it showed up in my mailbox last night.  Recognized it for what it was
>and just deleted.  Odd thing is now my system won't reboot with my
>anti-virus installed.  Gets part way through the load and then just freezes.
>I have to start in 'safe mode' to uninstall, then all is okay.  No, I didn't
>open the .exe file of snow white.  Also checked the header info for any clue
>as to where it came from with same result as Barney.
>>
>> At 02:02 PM 1/22/2001 -0800, Dave Wood wrote:
>> >My Norton's anti-virus just caught the W95.Hybris.gen.dr virus.
>> It comes in
>> >your e-mail as a joke:  From:  hahahaha  and subject:  Snow White and the
>> >Seven Dwarfs.  Body starts a story then you are supposed to open an
>> >attachment which will infect your system.
>> >
>> >Just delete the e-mail without opening the attachment.
>>
>> Yup, I received this same message twice in the last week.  I tried sending
>> it back from whence it came, including the attachment, and go tht ebounce
>> message
>> "550 <hahaha@sexyfun.net>... User unknown"
>>
>> It figures,
>>
>> Barney Gaylord
>> 1958 MGA with an attitude
>>     http://www.ntsource.com/~barneymg

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