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Re: Grrr... another virus
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Date: 
Thu, 22 Jun 2000 03:16:09 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Shiri Dori writes:
Hey,

Personally I hate getting the warnings as much as the viruses... BUT...

My mom got an email laballed "Fwd: JOKE". When she opened it, it replaced the
content of all our .jpg, .wav, .mp3 and other files with some VBS c**p. Lucky
for us, almost all our pics are stored on the web (mine on Brickshelf, our
family's on Zing) so we can restore them... but others might not be so lucky.

The VBS file also forwards itself to everyone on your address list
automatically, so it might be from someone you know. Be careful...

That's a varient on this one: (Life Stages)

http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.stages.a.html

James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/



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  Grrr... another virus
 
Hey, Personally I hate getting the warnings as much as the viruses... BUT... My mom got an email laballed "Fwd: JOKE". When she opened it, it replaced the content of all our .jpg, .wav, .mp3 and other files with some VBS c**p. Lucky for us, almost (...) (24 years ago, 22-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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