Re: Virus Alert
Jim Pattison
Description
Collection
Title:
Re: Virus Alert
Creator:
Jim Pattison
Date:
12/14/2001
Text:
Mary P Novotny RN, MS wrote:
> URGENT–I MAY HAVE EMAILED A VIRUS
You didn't email a virus because
1. The OANDP list is set up to reject attachments. If you send an attachment like
a virus or a legitimate file for example, it is stripped off. This is one of the
reasons that I have remained with this group where I have removed myself from
lists that did not do that.
What was happening with one is a virus would go out from one person to the
list and then the mail servers at larger places would send a message to the list
for each person that the message was sent to that it collected mail for saying
that a virus was received. In a couple of hours, I would get 60+ messages from
mail servers after the virus went out. This was more than the all on topic
messages in 2 days!
2. This is a system file used by Windows 98. It is used to handle long file names
(longer than the 8.3 convention) It sounds like you have deleted it so you will
need to follow the directions found in the Symantec Web site below to restore this
file to your machine. All the instructions and background are available in these
2 files.
<URL Redacted>
<URL Redacted>
I understand from an epidemiological standpoint the need to alert places of
potential infection, but with computer worms and viruses, it is always a good job
to check with McAfee or Symantec for information before sending out warnings
because they have up-to-date information on their system about viruses and hoaxes.
They also have search facilities on their web site to point you at relevant
documents. Last week when the goner virus hit, McAfee had news about it and its
MO for over 2 hours before they had a fix available.
Jim Pattison, partner
PA Euroclogs
> URGENT–I MAY HAVE EMAILED A VIRUS
You didn't email a virus because
1. The OANDP list is set up to reject attachments. If you send an attachment like
a virus or a legitimate file for example, it is stripped off. This is one of the
reasons that I have remained with this group where I have removed myself from
lists that did not do that.
What was happening with one is a virus would go out from one person to the
list and then the mail servers at larger places would send a message to the list
for each person that the message was sent to that it collected mail for saying
that a virus was received. In a couple of hours, I would get 60+ messages from
mail servers after the virus went out. This was more than the all on topic
messages in 2 days!
2. This is a system file used by Windows 98. It is used to handle long file names
(longer than the 8.3 convention) It sounds like you have deleted it so you will
need to follow the directions found in the Symantec Web site below to restore this
file to your machine. All the instructions and background are available in these
2 files.
<URL Redacted>
<URL Redacted>
I understand from an epidemiological standpoint the need to alert places of
potential infection, but with computer worms and viruses, it is always a good job
to check with McAfee or Symantec for information before sending out warnings
because they have up-to-date information on their system about viruses and hoaxes.
They also have search facilities on their web site to point you at relevant
documents. Last week when the goner virus hit, McAfee had news about it and its
MO for over 2 hours before they had a fix available.
Jim Pattison, partner
PA Euroclogs
Citation
Jim Pattison, “Re: Virus Alert,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/217813.
