Thanks for the link; I hadn't been able to confirm or deny it's existence
yet--my experience was based solely on the email-scanner responses to the
messages across various mailing lists I'd seen.

Point well-taken on the "education first" principle.

Ted Neward
Patterns/C++/Java/CORBA/EJB/COM-DCOM spoken here
http://www.javageeks.com/~tneward
 "I don't even speak for myself; my wife won't let me." --Me

-----Original Message-----
From: jon * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Ted Neward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: Be warned--emails with "LINKS.VBS" are a virus attack


>> This is not a spam; over the past week, I've received several emails
>> containing the text "Check this" with an attachment, "LINKS.VBS", which
>> several email virus-scanners have flagged as a virus.
>>
>> It's intended as just a warning/FYI; I don't want to perpetuate a myth,
but
>> this looks real--Norton/Symantec's product as well as a few others have
>> flagged and caught this.
>
>A little education...go to symantec's website and actually confirm the
virus
>first before sending out warning's or FYI's or perpetuate myths...yes, it
is
>a real virus and here are some details...
>
><http://www.symantec.com/region/uk/avcenter/venc/vbs_freelink.html>
>
>-jon

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