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[Donna Orwin]

Dear SEELANGS,

I also was so foolish as to try and open the attachment, but my Norton
anti-virus program picked it up.

Donna Orwin

Elena Mikhailik wrote:

> Dear Janneke,
>
> Thank you for the warning.  The virus you've mentioned breaks into one's
> mailbox, copies a letter attached itself to it and sends the letter to all
> the addresses in the victim's address book.  So if you receive any
> attachments with two extensions (like .doc.exe or pdf.exe, etc.) you can
> safely assume it's a virus.
>
> Regards,
> Elena Mikhailik
>
> At 09:58 04.10.2002 -0400, you wrote:
> >Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >I received an e-mail from some "irina at hotmail.com" with the subject listed
> >as "Yana" and an attachment. It look like a harmless email from a potential
> >colleague in some are of Slavic. If you receive such a message, get rid of
> >it.  The attachment has a virus.  Thankfully our system picked it up.
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Janneke
> >
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