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Subject: [PACE-L] WARNING!!! BACKDOOR TROJAN VIRUS has been sent to 3 Pace Network people today!!!
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 21:46:31 EDT
WARNING:
If you receive an email from someone in the Pace Network and it has an
attachment that says "Take a look to the attachment" at the bottom DO NOT
OPEN THE ATTACHMENT. I received one from a pace network person and opened it
thinking it was genealogical info that I had requested and my computer got
infected. I had to delete almost 20 .dll files and a couple of program files
because my NAV program couldn't inoculate it.
I received an email from another pace network person saying that I had given
her a computer virus and I had not even emailed her at all. I don't know how
we are getting it but I just want everyone to beware.
Sincerely,
Leigh Downs
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Forwarded Message:
Subj: VIRUS IS INOCULATED
Date: 8/19/01 8:32:13 PM Central Daylight Time
From: <A HREF="mailto:Downsville">Downsville</A>
To: <A HREF="mailto:"></A>
Nellie:
I didn't send you any emails. I don't know how you got one from me unless it
went to all the pace network people. I received the virus today from the
address: . who is also in the Pace network. It said "Take a
look to the attachment" and so I opened it thinking it was genealogical
information that I requested. I shut my computer down and ran my antivirus
program and continued working on line thinking it was taken care of. It
ended up being the "Backdoor Trojan" which must be a bad one because my NAV
couldn't inoculate 20 of the files it infected and they were mostly .dll
files and a couple of program files. I had to print the NAV activity report
to get the name of those files and manually delete each one. I ran my scan
again and my computer is now clean. But I don't know the significance of the
files I deleted or how their deletion will affect my computer. I think I
should send a warning out to the Pace network people.
Leigh
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