Excellent Point!! Yea, I mean erase to the delete then dump, however, MS has its' own wisdom on how we need to operate, so you are very correct!! Richard Hamilton Clemar Mfg. / Rain Bird [log in to unmask] > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Simmons [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, June 14, 1999 9:29 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Don't Open Attachments!!!!!! > > Rich, when you say "erase" you mean "delete",eh? to the trash, then dump > the trash? > with the newer versions of windows, i never feel like anything is really > gone. > > Mark Simmons > > Richard Hamilton wrote: > > > Reminder to all: > > > > There is a very obnoxious virus running around, and the sudden rush of > email > > with attachments is a sign that it may be out there on TechNet!! > > > > I worked with a friend of mine this weekend whose company got clobbered > by > > it and it is no fun!! > > > > Just be real sure of any email with attachments that you get. If you get > one > > and you are not sure, just do like I do, erase it. The subject of the > email > > may look very real. My friends computer ended up sending an email out > that > > was a couple of months old with a legitimate Subject. > > > > What it does is get into your email, Outlook specifically, and starts > > sending itself to others in your address book without recording any > > indication of having sent anything in the Outbox. Then it begins to set > all > > of the MS Office files on your computer to a file length of '0'. > > > > Good luck to all!! > > > > By the way, I will not send any attachments to anyone via TechNet, so if > you > > see one attached to my address, erase it! > > > > Richard Hamilton > > Clemar Mfg. / Rain Bird > > [log in to unmask] > > > > ################################################################ > > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV > 1.8c > > ################################################################ > > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following text in the body: > > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > > ################################################################ > > Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" > section for additional information. > > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > > ################################################################ > > ################################################################ > TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c > ################################################################ > To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with > following text in the body: > To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> > To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet > ################################################################ > Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" > section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or > 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################