From: peterson_at_d...
Date: 2001-05-11 01:01:19
--- In buildcheapeeg_at_yahoogroups.com, "Grant Bright, Ph.D." <gbright_at_b...> wrote:
> Hello Group,
>
> It appears viruses are on the increase for spring.
>
> There's a new virus floating around called the "Homepage" virus.
The email will come from somebody you know, the subject of the email
will be
> "Homepage", and there will be an attachment named Homepage.HTML.vbs.
>
> If you'd like to know more about this virus, take a look at
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/vbs.vbswg2.x_at_m...
>
> Bottom line, if you receive this email, DO NOT OPEN THE
ATTACHMENT. It will send itself out to everybody in your address
book.
>
> Curiously (???) I received an email from Jim Peterson, sending me
a copy of the document, "Why Cheap EEG?" The one page Word document
contains a virus. The virus is not a part of the email itself...it is
for sure in the .doc file itself. The short document contains a macro
which probably contains the virus. How did it get there???
>
>
> Grant Bright, Ph.D.
After Grant notified me of this virus, I found it too by transferring
the file onto a computer with a current McAfee virus program
running. I think the source of the infection was a used 3.5 inch
disk which I had previously used in a "sneaker-net" transfer of the
file. Is there someplace I should send the infected file to have it
checked or something? In any case, anyone who has a copy of my"Why
Cheap EEG" Word file should delete it. Profuse apologies for any
problems I have caused.--Jim Peterson
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