Okay ppl. You've probably seen this in other
groups, but given that several members have
passed it on to this group, I thought it best to
post here.
(Btw, I'm taking this from Jastaelf's group -
thanks Jasta!!!)
If you receive a message entitled "New Graphic
Site" or anything like that, do NOT open it--it
contains a virus, and was not wittingly sent
by the person whose name is on it. They were the
victim of a propagating "walking virus", the kind
that mines people's address books for addresses.
Do NOT report the message to your service
provider as spam, or your friend will be punished
as a spammer and probably blocked from you. Just
delete the message unread, then empty your trash
file. If you really want to be careful, re-boot
your computer after deleting the trash, and run
your virus checker. But simply deleting should be
OK.
And finally, a tip from Resha! What I've done -
at the instigation of a more computer literate
friend - is go through my ENTIRE address book and
put an * in front of every email address. It
makes the email address faulty and viruses like
this cannot go past your computer because you
have no useful addresses for it to access.
Yes... It does take time to do it and it does
mean that you cannot use the quick names, but in
my experience, it does help reduce these sort of
viruses!
Naresha.
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