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Mon 31 Mar, 2003 02:11 am
This came from my company. Just thought I'd post it here to let people know.
Quote:CSC has detected a virus in the Steel network. PCs have been impacted at NZS and Lysaghts, so far no PKSW PCs have been infected.
The virus can be spread by email - via an attachment called NEW_YEAR.EXE
The virus can be detected and removed by our anti-virus software - please make sure that you have signature 4.0.4252 or greater.
Perhaps you'll find info in Snopes.
Try "snopes" for info about this virus. I did a search with NEW_YEAR.EXE but nothing came up. If you find something, please post back here. Thanks for the heads-up.
http://www.snopes.com/[/color]
IT'S A REAL VIRUS - NOT A HOAX!
This IS a real virus - NOT a hoax. When I went off line last night, I checked the virus definitions in my Symantec Virus Program. Yep, NEW_YEAR.EXE is there!!! I tried to copy out the info that came up in order to put it here, but was unable to do so. At least I know that the constantly updated version of Symantec's VirusScan running here IS protecting this computer.
Here is Symantec's hoax page for FUTURE reference.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
Thanks again, Wilso. Good wishes. Charli [/color]
THANKS, TGR!
Thanks, TGR! I don't remember or know how the apocope happened: the dropping of the final e. Too long ago ... or maybe the name always was just "Charli" - spelled that way, I mean. Can't think of anyone who ever added an "e" - which is unusual in itself. You know how many times names are misspelled. Kinda neat that you noticed it. Thanks again! :-)
Thanks, c.i., for the web site. Got it bookmarked. [/color]
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