[NHCOLL-L:537] RE: Virus warning about e-mail to this group

[Diana Hobart Dicus]

My version did not have an attachment.

Roberta Faul-Zeitler wrote:

> My version of this notice did NOT have an attachment ABOVE the title line.
> Are you certain that when it was sent to NHCOLL members that it had an
> attachment to it ?
>
> Could others respond and indicate whether they have an attachment to this
> NHCOLL announcement ?
>
> Thanks. Quite concerned, Bobbie
>
> Roberta Faul-Zeitler
> Executive Director
> Association of Systematics Collections
> 1725 K Street NW, Suite 601
> Washington DC 20006
> Tel. (202) 835-9050
> FAX (202) 835-7334
> Email: faulzeitler at ascoll.org
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
> > [mailto:owner-nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu]On Behalf Of Gerald Noonan
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 2:15 PM
> > To: nhcoll-l at lists.yale.edu
> > Subject: [NHCOLL-L:526] Virus warning about e-mail to this group
> >
> >
> >       On my computer I have Norton AntiVirus set to scan each
> > incoming e-mail
> > for viruses. It notified me that an attachment to a message sent to this
> > group had a virus. The message header apparently read New Publication
> > --Murray's Museums Their History and Their Use. The Norton  alert notice
> > said that the virus was in attachment unk0000.unk to the above
> > message and
> > that the virus was something called a WScript.kakWorm. I had Norton
> > antivirus delete the entire e-mail message and attachment so I can't
> > provide any more information. People might want to be very careful about
> > opening the attachment to anything that has a title similar to the one
> > given above.
> > *************************************************
> > * Gerald R. Noonan Ph.D., Curator of Insects,                    *
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> > Wells
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