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*Adia*
July 28th, 2001, 07:31 PM
ANYONE AND EVERYONE SHOULD PAY ATTENTION!!!
I JUST WENT IN TO CHECK MY EMAIL AND NOTICED AN EMAIL WITH A PRETTY BIG ATTACHMENT WITH IT FROM SOMEONE I DIDN'T KNOW, NAMED PHIL ERB. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS SO I WENT TO DOWNLOAD IT, AND THANKS TO MY VIRUS SCANNER, IT DETECTED A VIRUS BEFORE I COULD EVEN OPEN IT AND SCREW UP MY COMPUTER.

******JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THE SENDER IS PHIL ERB, AND THE SUBJECT IS 'BLAH'. ONCE IN THERE, THE DOWNLOAD IS CALLED BLAH.DOC!!! DON'T OPEN IT!!!!! ITS A COMPUTER WORM THAT GOES INTO YOUR PC, SHUTTING DOWN ANY AND ALL PROGRAMS UNTIL YOUR PC IS USELESS.**********

JUST THOUGHT I'D WARN ALL OF YOU GUYS IN HERE.
GOOD LUCK!
ADIA

Naillosotarrain
July 28th, 2001, 10:00 PM
As a general rule of thumb, if you recieve any email from anyone you do not know that has an attatchment DO NOT OPEN IT, DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY! This is from my experience as a computer repair tech.