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Re: You have the Worm.Explore virus on your system

Subject: Re: You have the Worm.Explore virus on your system
From: Ellen Hladky <ehladky -at- COSMOCOM -dot- COM>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 1999 15:12:08 -0400

Title: RE: You have the Worm.Explore virus on your system

Thanks for the notification.  Until I saw your email, I was not aware that my PC had sent out any emails.  As you can guess, my PC was infected with the worm virus and it did destroy many files. 

Unbeknownst to me (and even our Exchange Server) it seems like a 'reply' was sent from my PC to the Tech Writers mailing list.

If you have received any email from me today DELETE IT AT ONCE.

In general, if you receive an email from anybody (and it seems to be traveling quickly) with the following body, DELETE IT AT ONCE:

Hi (name). I received you email and I shall send you a reply ASAP.
'Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs.

I sincerely hope that I did not infect anyone else's PC.

Ellen Hladky

-----Original Message-----
From: Rowena Hart [mailto:rhart -at- xcert -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, June 11, 1999 12:25 PM
To: ehladky -at- COSMOCOM -dot- COM
Subject: You have the Worm.Explore virus on your system
Importance: High


Ellen,

I don't believe we've ever chatted on TECHWR-L, but I
received an e-mail message from you this morning
that was infected with a virus called Worm.Explore.zip.
That means that your computer is probably infected and
sending the virus to anyone who sends you e-mail -- a
"Typhoid Mary" situation, in other words. This is a
destructive virus that will destroy files on your system.

You should check the Symantec site for fix details.

Cheers,  Rowena

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Rowena Hart   Technical Writer

Xcert International Inc.
1001-701 West Georgia Street  Phone:  1 (604) 640-6210
Vancouver, BC, Canada V7Y 1C6  Fax: 1 (604) 640-6220
Web: http://www.xcert.com    E-mail: rhart -at- xcert -dot- com

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