Don't worry, you can never get a virus just by opening an e-mail. It's the attachments that can be big trouble. Never, ever, ever, never open an attachment if you don't know where it came from and what it contains. Tommy TMead17372@aol.com
Found this on cdnow today... The healing power of music couldn't even begin to soothe the ravaged souls and heavy hearts around the world on September 11, but you have to respect Sting for trying. With 200 fans and friends en route to see him and his augmented band, preparing to record a live album and webcast the proceedings from Italy on that fateful day, Sting and company did what they thought in their hearts was right. The show went on (though the webcast ended early), resulting in the reworked solo and Police compositions that comprise All This Time, which is dedicated to the victims of the Sept. 11 tragedy. There's no pall cast over the music, though: the musicians play with unbridled passion and amazing focus, immersing themselves in the challenges presented by the radical re-arrangements. The buoyant "All This Time" is given new life as an R&B testimonial, while "Roxanne" is re-spun as a sparse ode to unrequited love. Elsewhere, they sink their teeth into the spirited, full-blown versions of "If I Ever Lose My Faith in You" and "Every Breath You Take." For obvious reasons, this is not just another live album. Regardless of what you might think of Sting as an artist, his passion towards the music in the shadow of such tragedy is both moving and impressive. Patrick Berkery CDNOW Contributing Writer
Don't worry, you can never get a virus just by opening an e-mail. It's the attachments that can be big trouble. Never, ever, ever, never open an attachment if you don't know where it came from and what it contains.
Tommy TMead17372@aol.com
um, sorry! but this is from PCWorld website: Sam Costello, IDG News Service Monday, November 26, 2001 A new variant of a mass-mailer Internet worm that installs a backdoor program that can allow attackers to access recipients' PCs is spreading on the Internet, according to virus alerts from a number of antivirus companies. The worm, called Badtrans.B, is a new variant of the older Badtrans virus, according to antivirus companies. The variant is executed when a user opens an infected e-mail, and does not require a user to click on an attachment, as many mass mailer worms do, according to Activis and TruSecure virus alerts. The worm exploits a security vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express e-mail clients to automatically execute the attachment when the e-mail is opened, they said.
The e-mails I received did not indicate there was an attachment - BUT THERE WAS. I suspect what has been happening here, is some people did not see an "icon" therefore assumed there was no attachment. But when asked to open anything, they said yes - not thinking it was in reference to an attachment. To further the issue, they MAY have settings that automatically open attachments (hidden or not). I know some disagree, but I still think you have to ACTIVATE a virus. That is at least open a file, that contains the virus. Outside of small lesson I learned a little while back, I've never been infected. And I open all kinds of e-mail. But if it prompts me at all to open anything else, I say "no" and delete the mail immediately. As for the virus I encountered I still never got infected as when prompted to open the attachment (even though there appeared to me no attachment) I declined, deleting the e-mail immediately. Lesson in point, if you are suspicious at all of an e-mail, that acts or looks strangely at all, simply decline any prompting asking you to open it (or anything else), and permanently delete the mail in question.
Hi all, detailed infos about the badtransvirus can be found here: http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm.ht ml Hope this helps. cu - Markus ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross Viner" <rossviner@shaw.ca> To: <police@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 7:53 PM Subject: [Police] confusion over virus and attachments
The e-mails I received did not indicate there was an attachment - BUT THERE WAS. I suspect what has been happening here, is some people did not see an "icon" therefore assumed there was no attachment. But when asked to open anything, they said yes - not thinking it was in reference to an attachment. To further the issue, they MAY have settings that automatically open attachments (hidden or not).
I know some disagree, but I still think you have to ACTIVATE a virus. That is at least open a file, that contains the virus. Outside of small lesson I learned a little while back, I've never been infected. And I open all kinds of e-mail. But if it prompts me at all to open anything else, I say "no" and delete the mail immediately.
As for the virus I encountered I still never got infected as when prompted to open the attachment (even though there appeared to me no attachment) I declined, deleting the e-mail immediately. Lesson in point, if you are suspicious at all of an e-mail, that acts or looks strangely at all, simply decline any prompting asking you to open it (or anything else), and permanently delete the mail in question.
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Due to vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Outlook (and possibly Eudora!) may activate emails if you have "Preview" enabled. Therefore, you do not need to physically open an email, or run any attachment to become infected. Internet Explorer 6 (and 5.5 sp2 I believe) are not susceptible to this method of infection... or at least, this particular virus, simply by previewing the message. Earlier versions ARE. Eudora may also be affected, depending on your Internet Explorer version, because you have the option to use "Microsoft's Viewer" to view emails. For those who don't want to fork out the money for a virus killer (like, they're not really expensive), then make sure you are at least using the latest Internet Explorer, and that you do not have "Auto-Preview" email set as an option. This isn't going to make you immune to virii, but it is going to reduce the risk. J. At 18:53 01/12/2001, Ross Viner wrote:
The e-mails I received did not indicate there was an attachment - BUT THERE WAS. I suspect what has been happening here, is some people did not see an "icon" therefore assumed there was no attachment. But when asked to open anything, they said yes - not thinking it was in reference to an attachment. To further the issue, they MAY have settings that automatically open attachments (hidden or not).
I know some disagree, but I still think you have to ACTIVATE a virus. That is at least open a file, that contains the virus. Outside of small lesson I learned a little while back, I've never been infected. And I open all kinds of e-mail. But if it prompts me at all to open anything else, I say "no" and delete the mail immediately.
As for the virus I encountered I still never got infected as when prompted to open the attachment (even though there appeared to me no attachment) I declined, deleting the e-mail immediately. Lesson in point, if you are suspicious at all of an e-mail, that acts or looks strangely at all, simply decline any prompting asking you to open it (or anything else), and permanently delete the mail in question.
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