"Diverd4777" wrote in message
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N E V E R open e-mail that you don't recognise;; DELETE IT

Set your e-mail so that downloads ONLY occurr at your command...

BUY Antivirus sftware & keep it updated

Yes, but I think antivirus software will become less and less useful as more
and more computers get high speed connections. This "virus" is a 106 kb
..exe file. 106 kb! And I got 80 of them before AT&T caught up and stopped
distributing it. I would have gotten more, but I blocked e-mail on this
account for a while. And I don't think users can be expected to be able to
update faster than ISPs.

So far, I've got about 300 e-mails, but the attachment isn't available,
anymore. They seem to be coming from only a few ISPs. I don't think many
people are getting fooled by this thing. But there are a few computers out
there pumping out plenty of 106 kb attachments to make up the difference.

Anyway, a little paranoia is a good thing in this case. Thankfully, there's
no shortage of that here on rec.radio.shortwave.

Frank Dresser