Completely OT But IMPORTANT! – Virus Alert
This warning was sent to my wife at work, by their systems people. Trust me, that hospital system would shut down without their computers, so this is good information. It was only sent internally, but I managed to get a copy of it and am taking the liberty of forwarding it on to all. IF YOU ARE SICK & TIRED OF VIRUS WARNINGS, JUST HIT: “DELETE”!
I THINK THAT THIS IS THE VIRUS THAT GOT MY COMPUTER! It came with a few cartoons that weren’t really funny and didn’t make much sense at the time, but I made the mistake of opening it and looking at it. THE REST IS HISTORY!!
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From the computer section of the “big” hospital here:
This worm virus appears as an attachment titled LIFE_STAGES_.TXT.SHS. Execution of this attachment will open a text file in Notepad displaying the male and female stages of life. While the user is reading the text file the script is executing itself in the background. The subject of the email is randomly generated and can be one of twelve strings. It may or may not begin with “FW”. It will contain either “Life Stages”, “Funny” or “Jokes” and may or may not be followed by “Text”. An example would be “FW:Life Stages”, “Jokes Text” or “Fw:Funny Text”. The worm immediately deletes copies of emails after they have been sent to insure there is no record of its presence.