RE: Alert--Virus on file from Steve Wasserman!!

From: karenpdo@gate.net
Date: Thu Apr 06 2000 - 10:25:13 PDT


Stacy;
Did you also let him know that his email address is not good/keeps bouncing
back? - That's what really sparked the suspicion it might have been
intentional, not just the virus attch alone..
Karen

At 09:31 AM 4/6/2000 -0700, SRSteadman@troygould.com wrote:
> I am sure the virus was attached accidentally. Staci Steadman
>Librarian
>& Gould -----Original Message-----
>From: Charkes, Susan [mailto:susan.charkes@dechert.com]
>Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 9:07 AM
>To: law-lib@ucdavis.edu
>Subject: re: Alert--Virus on file from Steve Wasserman!!
> It is entirely possible that the sender/creator of an attachment does not
>know that it contains a Word virus. If one does not have an up-to-date virus
>program, there is no way know of knowing. Viruses like to attack files and
>they like to do this silently so that the carrier unwittingly infects other
>people's files. That's how they spread. Before anyone flames this guy or
>sends his name to his ISP or posts him on a hackers list, you might want to
>do more investigation and at least give him a chance to defend himself. He
>*may* be perfectly innocent.
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