That explains the Cold Shoulder treatment...they must be back-pedaling
pretty fast...sell your stock now. I did tell the Cust Service
rep..."This is why companies go under."
Terry
> ----------
> From: Laura.G@141.com[SMTP:Laura.G@141.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 12:56 PM
> To: Banbury, Terrence; 'Barry Schwartz'
> Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Virus warning (yeah I know, but this ones real)
>
> FWIW-not the first time in the past few weeks I've heard this baout
> Dell-the
> failure, I mean...You are not alone, Terry!
>
> Laura
>
> Vita brevis est: rapide agite, vigore strigate!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Banbury, Terrence <Terrence.Banbury@dnr.state.oh.us>
> To: 'Barry Schwartz' <bschwart@pacbell.net>
> Cc: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 9:14 AM
> Subject: RE: Virus warning (yeah I know, but this ones real)
>
>
> >
> > Thanks for the heads up, Barry. It is seldom that these warnings are
> > credible, but yours sounds legit.
> > I have my own virus. It's called "Buy a new PC from Dell and 3 months
> Later
> > Your Hard Drive Fails". Now, I'm not pissed (at them) that my data
> files
> > are toast, but they are very uncooperative with getting me the correct
> > drivers, etc. to get going again. It will be a week before they send me
> a
> > disk to reload everything on the hd again. Lesson learned: backup
> > EVERYTHING, often; in this age of poor quality and virus-geeks....
> > Rant over.
> >
> > Terry Banbury
> > Mk III I didn't know Lucas made hard drives?
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: Barry Schwartz[SMTP:bschwart@pacbell.net]
> > > Reply To: Barry Schwartz
> > > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 10:12 AM
> > > To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> > > Cc: spitfires@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Virus warning (yeah I know, but this ones real)
> > >
> > >
> > > I don't usually send this stuff out, but this one affected me
> (indirectly)
> > > This one is NOT a hoax. Many of the computers here at work were
> affected
> > > with this virus (not somebody that somebody knew that told me etc.)
> The
> > > computer next to my cubical here at work had it's hard drive windows
> exe
> > > files trashed among several others - It's a variation of the Trojan
> worm
> > > with the filename IROC.EXE. it comes with a note saying something to
> the
> > > effect of here's a neat little Star Trek screen saver. if executed
> from
> > > your e-mail program, It finds your mailing list(s) and sends itself
> out
> to
> > > (in this case the first 60 people on the global list that it found)
> and
> I
> > > was one of the recipients, but saved it to disk instead of opening it.
> > > Others here were not so lucky. As with anything sent via E-MAIL do
> NOT
> > > open any executable (*.exe) files unless you have VERIFIED that (A) it
> > > came
> > > from someone you trust (and that means e-mailing them back and asking
> if
> > > they actually sent, and used it), or (B) saving it to a disk, then
> scan
> it
> > > first with a virus checking program. While it may not catch all of
> them,
> > > it sure beats having most or all your files destroyed. Most people
> here
> > > at
> > > work "assumed" that because it was sent by somebody they knew at work,
> > > and,
> > > that "it was already checked" that it was alright. It just goes to
> show
> > > the importance of verifying things sent via e-mail that you aren't
> > > entirely
> > > sure about. At work they use NAV for checking this stuff, but
> apparently
> > > this one is too new and they didn't have it updated to scan for this
> > > particular strain of this virus-
> > > Makes you wonder abut these lowlife pond scum that have nothing better
> to
> > > do than destroy other peoples property, and think it's a big joke -
> > > Oh well, just thought I'd pass the info along for what it's worth - if
> it
> > > saves somebody this grief then it's worth the bandwidth and slight
> > > inconvenience of having to read this, at least in my opinion -
> > > Geeze, the guy next to me gets a three day weekend, humm. . . maybe I
> > > should have opened that file after all :-)
> > >
> > >
> > > Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
> > >
> > > 72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> > > 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> > > 70 Spitfire (long term project)
> > >
> >
>
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