Re: [Fwd: VIRUS ALERT - Zipped_files]

[Alex Wolfe <awolfe_98@yahoo.com>]

  I can also vouch for this... I work for a very good sized company,
and we had to shut down e-mail services to almost 4700 people for a day
and a half.  This thing seems to enjoy munching office files as
indicated below... needless to say this cause *serious* losses before
it was stopped.

--- Rick Lucertini <empiricus@sprint.ca> wrote:
> Dick Morrisson wrote:
> 
> > Hello Fellow P-Subbers,
> >
> > This is a real virus alert.  It was serious enough
> to cause Boeing to
> > shut down its e-mail system for a day and had a
> similar impact on
> > Microsoft.  Go to the site and read more.
> >
> > If you receive any ".exe" files in your mail DO
> NOT OPEN THEM! until
> > they have been scanned for viruses.
> 
> Dick - thanks for the warning.  An ex-IBM friend of
> mine vouches for the validity of this
> virus.  It's a real one.  I believe it goes after
> *.doc files and MS Office files.
> 
> Be careful, All . . .
> 

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