Attempted Virus through Downloads

[Grkovich, Alex]

Well, may not be related, but MassLeps has been contaminated by a worm the
last few days. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Leptraps at aol.com [SMTP:Leptraps at aol.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, November 29, 2001 1:49 PM
> To:	LEPS-L at lists.yale.edu
> Subject:	RE: Attempted Virus through Downloads
> 
> I received to e-mails from: Guy_VdP at t-online.de with identifying names of
> (Guy Van de Poel & A. Kalus). Each e-mail referenced a post that I had
> made to Leps-L in September and October: 1.) RE: Cold Weather Form of
> Colias erytheme; 2.) RE:Hornets in my bait traps.
> 
> The first contained a download: ME_NUDE.MP3.scr, the second:
> Humor.MP3.scr. My virus software detected the virus. I made no attemp to
> open either.
> 
> I replied by notifying them that they sent a contaminated file. 
> 
> Has anyone else received these types of e-mails? Does anyone know who
> these folks are? This is not the first time I have received files MP3.scr
> that contained the virus.
> 
> Leroy C. Koehn
> Georgetown, KY
> 
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