"Harley, Ageless Wings" wrote:

Paul...

I just got an e-mail about Snowwhite and the seven dwarfs....I don't

suppose it would work with Linux anyway.<<

No it won't...it uses Outlook express to mail itself to others...it's really
very low risk, and does almost no damage except to write itdself into the
registry so that it can do it's work.

It's really a worm, not a virus, so only someone who opens the attachment
can pass it on. The person sending it on will not know that he has it, as it
does nothing to the host computer except attach itself to outgoing mail.

I've been receiving it for about a year...maybe a little longer...it's very
wide spread. Never opened it...look it up on McAfee's web site before I
click on anything that I don't know who sent it or where it came from.

Here's a link from Symantec that'll tell you all about it:

http://www.sarc.com/avcenter/venc/data/w95.hybris.gen.html

Harley

A  lot of the reason I use an old version of Eudora for my e-mail
client.

Bill
Long EZ builder & pilot
BSME, MSME

 
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