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Re: Virus

To: David and Peggy B <bohler@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: Virus
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:00:33 -0500
Cc: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, mgs@autox.team.net
References: <5.0.2.1.0.20010723163744.02bc4600@mail.hctc.net>
I just received this - makes you wonder - doesn't it?

Elizabeth

P.S. As you can see, I removed the file before I sent it out


From "Clark Miller"<cmiller at teknongroup.com>
To: fisher@hctc.net
Subject: larry l resume _ sales_internat
date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:48:03 -0400

Content-Disposition: message text
Hi! How are you?
I send you this file in order to have your advice
See you later. Thanks


At 03:11 PM 7/23/01 -0700, David and Peggy B wrote:
>I received an Email this a.m. on my yahoo account from a "Patricia" - it 
>had an attachment that said something like "I sent you this file in order 
>to have your advice,"
>I don't know what the return Email address was; but since I had no clue to 
>the identity of the sender and it seemed odd to me I deleted it right 
>away....without opening the attachment.
>Thanks for the heads up....... even though I had already dealt with one it 
>is nice that you know for sure what it is and that it will help others.
>Peggy
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>At 04:37 PM 7/23/01 -0500, Fisher & Elizabeth Jones wrote:
>>Afternoon everyone.
>>
>>          I received a telephone call this morning from a friend who had
>>received an infected message in his own e-mail this morning.  He advised me
>>of the sender's name and warned that I should look for a message from him.
>>
>>          On a local news station they are touting the new virus 'SirCam',
>>and suggesting that this new virus is quite dangerous. 
>>........................
>>
>>          "SirCam has the antivirus companies thoroughly confused. Sometimes
>>SirCam deletes most of your files and directories, sometimes the virus
>>chooses to fill up your hard drive with text files, and sometimes SirCam
>>does no damage at all. "
>>
>>further ...................
>>
>>   "The body of the message begins, "Hi! How are you?" and then says
>>something like: "I send you this file in order to have your advice," or "I
>>hope you can help me with this file that I send," and ends with, "See you
>>later. Thanks." "
>>
>>          Well, wouldn't you know, in my e-mail was a message from the
>>person that my friend had warned me about.  The message did indeed say what
>>the local news station had said it would.  What bothers me, and why I am
>>sending this message, is that the attachment that I received was titled
>>Heritage Trust information address - or something like that.
>>
>>The Sender was, reputedly, one Jeremiah P. Randolph,
>>using the address of                   kcmgb@kc.rr.com
>>
>>          I don't know if there is a lister with this name, or address, but
>>it might be wise to check your own mail.  I didn't open the attachment, and
>>have completely deleted it from my system.
>>
>>          Sorry if you think I'm wasting bandwidth, but I thought you should
>>all know about it, especially with the MG connection and the Heritage Trust.



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