Zeroth:
Use a high-quality virus scanner, keep its monitoring tool running all
the time, and update weekly.
First:
Don't open the file!
Second:
Stop using MS mail products (or, do what I did, and leave their entire
OS family behind)
Third:
Set up Explorer to show file extensions (by default, it hides them)
fawcett@uism.bu.edu wrote:
>
> Ok, so what do ya' do if you opened the damn thing? I.E. How do I get rid of
> this sh*t!
> Tom
>
> ____________________Reply Separator____________________
> Subject: DML: VIRUS WARNING - SORRY EVERYONE
> Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Date: 9/20/00 10:18 AM
>
> SORRY EVERYONE
> We just got hit with an e-mail virus. From what we've found it sends an
> e-mail to everyone on your list and changes the subject title every
> "generation" Mine happened to be US PRESIDENTS...
> WATCH OUT
>
> Neal Arita - from Hawaii
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