Hi Mark,
Robert had posted this link in an arlier message.
http://service1.symantec.com/sarc/sarc.nsf/html/W95.Hybris.gen.html
I received this virus too, but it doesn't affect Macs...'-)
Gerard
> Does anyone have any published info on "Snow White"? I looked in several
>virus and hoax sites and saw nothing related to that name.
> The mechanism that 99.99% of all viruses use (in order to slow, impede or
>stop internet/intranet/pc function) is the web itself. Toss one message out
>to 8 people, who respond in kind to 8 more who respond to 64 and before you
>know it, every computer user in the word has seen the picture of the
>lumber-laden econobox from Maryland... Toss enough "inquiring minds ought
>to be informed" messages out, and eventually the net slows down. If you saved
>every horror story signed by the "Director of Security" your computer is
>certainly going to be slower. My old 486 crashed once a few hours after
>downloading an exe from a certified site. I sent out a thousand messages
>that no doubt spanned the globe in an hour. The crash was purely
>coincidental, due to a mechanical failure in the drive. So, I sent out
>another bazillion sorry messages, clogging the sewers that carry the detritus
>of the information superhighway....
> Get a good virus scanner, and subscribe to one of the urban
>legends/real virus sites. But be careful downloading - they might just have a
>built in virus.... I heard that one computer virus checker is actually a hoax
>and allows hackers to piggyback into everyone's hard drive....
> Mark Childers
> Director of Digital Security @ myhouse.inc
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