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Re: Wierd Message Again/Vacation
I'd be suspicious of it just because of that phrase "I wish you would like
it." Translation: "I wish you'd open it and be infected." I got the same
phrase under the subject "A Very Good Tool."
Best wishes,
Thomas Berry, Archivist/Web Editor
Historical Construction Equipment Association
16623 Liberty Hi Road
Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
Phone 419-352-5616
Fax 419-352-6086
tberry@hcea.net
http://www.hcea.net
Original Message -----
From: "Bob Schmidt" <rschmidt@LIB.MUOHIO.EDU>
To: <ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: Wierd Message Again/Vacation
> Hello Everyone,
> Yes, as a respondent noted, the "patch" message
> that was sent over my name resulted from a virus.
> Unfortunately, the way this bug works, I have no
> control over this, as my address was taken from
> the address book of an infected computer, without
> either my own or the computer operator's knowlege.
> Fortunately, the infected attachments are being
> removed before the postings reach the listserve.
> All I can do for the moment is to advise everyone
> to delete any suspicious postings, whether they
> come from my address or someone else's and to run
> the latest version of a virus-checker program. I
> wish I could do more to prevent this stuff
> reaching the listserve, but I appear to be
> helpless, at least for the moment.
>
> Also, I will be out of the office this week, but I
> will be monitoring the listserve from home. It
> just may take me a bit longer to get back to
> someone with a problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Bob Schmidt
> Archives Listserve Coordinator
> Miami University Archives
> Oxford, Ohio 45056
> 513-529-6720
> rschmidt@lib.muohio.edu
>
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