[thelist] Virus activity on list

Can I just echo Martin and say good to see someone posting *real and 
checked out* alerts.

I'm sure that the vast majority of people here are aware of what hoax virus 
alerts tend to look like and avoid passing them on, but for those who have 
never seen a hoax alert, please take a moment to look at this page

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

Which provides a lot of info on spotting which virus alerts are real and 
which are hoaxes.

Thanks to George for letting us know what to expect if Happy99 comes a 
knocking! And for providing a link in the mail to a further information source.

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If someone send you information about a new virus DO NOT PANIC!

Start by taking a moment to check whether this is a real virus or a hoax, 
and secondly whether it is likely to affect you or not.

http://www.virusbtn.com/WildLists/

The WildList identifies viruses that are "in the wild" - ie actively 
spreading rather than just theoretical.

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

CIAC provide a great deal of information about virus hoaxes and how to spot 
them.

What NOT to do is to send the virus alert immediately to everyone in your 
address book! The chances are very good that the alert may be a chain mail 
and while you will not cause any "damage" sending these chain mails around 
takes up network resources and makes the sender look foolish to people who 
have seen such hoaxes countless times :-)

If you are still unsure, why not send a copy of the warning to your 
friendly computer guru (everyone has one) and ask their opinion as to 
whether it is real or not.

In 5 years of online activity, I have seen 3 or 4 real virus alerts and 
probably 30 or 40 hoaxes!

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At 10:42 2000-01-19 +0000, you wrote:
>George
>
>Good to see someone posting alerts checked with a
>reasonable source - more info at
>http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/worm.newapt.html
>
>Martin Burns


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