I received two notices from Comcast, and checked them against their website-
appears to be a direct copy of what they have up online for a repairing your
PC if infected with that worm... I noticed Windows98 is apparently not
involved, but everything later is! The local Comcast tech support number
also says to go to the website to get the procedure. I think they're trying
to tell us something.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Suhring" <suhringtr36@comcast.net>
To: "Pat" <shine88@chartermi.net>; "tr list" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 6:58 AM
Subject: RE: virus?
> There is another one basically of the same nature that is coming from
> COMCAST, which is bogus.
>
> Scott Suhring
> Mechanicsburg, PA
> '70 TR6
> '59 TR3
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Pat
> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 1:42 PM
> To: tr list
> Subject: virus?
>
> Listers,
> I have received 2 e-mails today that say:
>
> "Dear friend , use this Internet Explorer patch now!
> There are dangerous virus in the Internet now!
> More than 500.000 already infected!"
>
> There is a patch that is an .exe attachment. The return address is
> "Microsoft security, I have checked at the Microsoft site and as far as I
> can tell, they do not send this sort of thing out! I'm thinking this
could
> be a nasty. Maybe I'm being a bit over cautious, but thought I would
alert
> the list to the possibility of someone out there throwing this junk
around.
> Has anyone else gotten this type of e-mail?
>
> John & Pat DeBoer
> '59 Bugeye (daily driver)
> '74 TR-6 (under reconstruction)
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