"Harley, Ageless Wings" wrote:

Don...

The offender this morning had the Subject : virus alert and was sent by

Harley ageless wings. It may be our virus scans are reading some of the text
as a virus? anyone have the answer.<<

Hey!  That's me!

First, I don't have a virus...just scanned again to be sure (I use McAfee
software..updates are checked for daily). Zero infections.

Next, some viruses address themselves with a subject and address that they
see in your email files or address book so that you'll think it's from
someone you know.  That's probably how my name and address got on it. Did
your software identify the virus by name?  I'd be interested to see which
one it is.

Finally, your virus software may key on the word "virus" or the phrase
"virus alert" which some viruses actually use, instead of looking for other
keywords that identify a real virus.

I assure you, I am very virus aware, and there is none in my emails.  There
may be a place in your software where you can set or remove the triggers if
there is one that is falsely catching "viruses".

Remember...a virus CANNOT run on your machine until you, personally, select
the actual program and run it.  Deleting any suspicious email attachments
will prevent it.  If in doubt, reply to the email...if the reply comes back
undelivered, then delete it all.  If it is a legitimate attachment (as it
would be from me) I will check and assure you that I sent it and it is virus
free...as I just did.

>From the McAfee web site:
============================================
The only way to infect a computer with a file infecting virus is to execute
an infected file on the computer. The infected file may come from a
multitude of sources including: floppy diskettes, downloads through an
online service, network, etc. Once the infected file is executed, the virus
may activate.
============================================

As far as that Red Line virus, Paul...I can't find anything on it.  Red or
Line does not identify any current virus on the McAfee site, or in a Yahoo
search.  The current big scare was the Code Red virus (actually a worm),
versions 1, 2 and 3... which infected only ISP servers running Windows 2000.
It also infects Windows NT, but then crashes when it tries to run.

I can't find anything using the name "Red Line" in it's text or name.
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I knew it had Red in there somewhere :-) Yes Code Red was what I was interested in.
Don Dunbar's virus checker Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2000 is probably keying 
on the word "virus".

Paul Lamar
 
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