question about virus

[Peter Hook]

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Dear John, Maggie and others,

        Is the virus (worm) propagated simply by looking at the message?
Or only if one attempts to open the attachment?

        Peter

On Tue, 29 Jan 2002, John Peterson wrote:

> VYAKARAN: South Asian Languages and Linguistics Net
> Editors:  Tej K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, New York
>           John Peterson, University of Osnabrueck, Germany
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> What a great way to start the day...
>
> I apologize sincerely to everyone out there. It IS a real virus, as
> Maggie noted, and I had no idea that it was when I opened the mail
> from my colleague here (who also had no idea he was sending a virus).
>
> Do NOT open the attachment from ANYONE claiming to be sending you
> pictures, they are not sending you anything, the virus is. This is not
> a hoax but a real virus. Contact your systems people right away if you
> receive it. My version of Sophos Anti-Virus (3 months old) was not
> able to detect it, so it is a very new virus.
>
> I am very sorry for this, which I had absolutely no control over.
>
> John
>