Re: OT new virus

From: Kyle Vanditmars (kylevan@telus.net)
Date: Wed Jan 28 2004 - 21:44:56 EST


Jason Bleazard wrote:

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>> your infected if you recieved it or checked your mail. period!
>
>
> I'd disagree with that. The worm spreads through the attachment that
> would need to be opened. If you didn't open it and run the worm, I
> don't see how it could infect your machine.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to check for sure whether your machine has
> been infected? I haven't found anything about that yet.
>

I think there's another one going around that places a bunch of garbage
characters in the preview pane. I know I've gotten a few like that. I
use mozilla, so I'm guessing it's not as flawed as Outlook/OE.



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