Virus! Beware Clinton Cartoon E-Mail By Cathryn Conroy, Netscape News Editor It's billed as a cartoon of former U.S. President Bill Clinton playing the saxophone that you can use as a screen saver, but it's really a computer virus that will delete your files and slow your network connections. If you receive an e-mail message with the subject line: "bill caricature," DO NOT download the executable attachment that comes with it. Delete the e-mail. Called "MyLife.b," this Internet worm is rated a medium risk because of its ability to lure users to open it and the damage it can cause if it is downloaded, April Goostree, virus research manager at McAfee.com Corp. told Reuters. The virus is spread by Microsoft Outlook, but users of all types of e-mail programs can receive it.
Netscape offers you up-to-date computer security information. The body of the e-mail text message tries to mislead users into thinking the attachment is safe. It says: "No Viruse Found" (with the word "virus" misspelled as "Viruse") and "MCAFEE.COM." Don't be fooled! Anti-virus messages are never delivered this way. According to Reuters, once the attachment is opened, the worm drops a copy of itself in the computer's system folder. If the computer is rebooted between the hours of 8 a.m. and 9 a.m., it will try to delete all files on the C, D, E, and F drives and certain files in the Windows system directory. And if that isn't bad enough, the worm will also slow down your e-mail and Internet connection. It is not yet known from where the virus originated, but it has affected users in 29 countries. Hardest hit are the United States, Australia, and Great Britain. Netscape has dozens of fabulous screen savers on a myriad of subjects--from tropical beach scenes to beautiful models--that you can download free of charge. And they are guaranteed to be virus-free! -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: [email protected] -or- [email protected] with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
