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IP: New virus information
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 20:08:33 -0400
From: Andy Perch <perch () seas upenn edu> To: seas-faculty () seas upenn edu, seas-staff () seas upenn edu Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:41:55 -0400 Subject: New virus information Reply-To: perch () seas upenn edu Hello-- A new computer virus has been detected at Penn. The virus is contained in attachments to email messages. Email containing this virus may have subject lines that include the words "life_stages," "funny," or "joke." The file extension of the attachment can be either .TXT or .SHS. If you are using a pc email client, such as Eudora, Netscape Messenger or Microsoft Outlook, do not open this attachment. Delete the message without opening it. Opening the attachment on a pc can cause file and system problems on your pc, and can spread the virus to other users. If you are using a unix mail reader such as elm, simply delete the message. Our current supported pc antivirus software (VirusScan) will detect and remove this virus. Here is how to tell if your antivirus software is up-to-date. (This applies to pcs running Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000.) Look in the lower right corner of your display. If there is an icon of a shield with a "V", right-click on the icon and select "About". The "Virus definitions" should be at version "4.0.4082". If you have an earlier version, or do not have this shield icon, or if you have any other questions about this, please send me mail. (perch () seas upenn edu) Thanks, Andy Andy Perch Director of Distributed Operations CETS University of PA School of Engineering and Applied Science perch () seas upenn edu 215-898-9346
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