Virus Warning

[Randall]

According to McAfee's web site (which isn't down, just _very_ busy at the
moment <g>), it replaces those files with a copy of itself, and adds ".VBS"
to the end of the file name.  There is a long list of other files that it
replaces, too.

I'm not sure, but I don't think Eudora will shield you from this one.  If
you have the VB script interpreter installed on your system (which IE5 does
automagically), and open the attachment (which has a .VBS extension), you
will get hit by the virus.  However, Eudora will probably prevent it from
spreading to other machines from your machine.

Randall

Matt Cramer wrote :
>
> 	What I really wonder about is the claim I've seen
> elsewhere that this
> virus can "infect" JPEG, MPEG, and similar files.  Do they
> just mean it
> corrupts them?  I wouldn't expect a program that reads images
> or video to
> interpret any of the file as executable code unless it's very
> badly written.
> 	Yet another time I'm glad I use Eudora... I haven't
> heard of this vbs type
> of virus ever being compatible with Eudora!
>

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