RE: VB (Virus Builder) Virus Posted - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Jeff Eckermann
Subject RE: VB (Virus Builder) Virus Posted
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Msg-id 79103FDEF940D2118D9D00A0C9C9309CA36290@NEZU
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In response to VB (Virus Builder) Virus Posted  (Jim Jennis <jhjennis@shentel.net>)
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In Sean's defence, he's probably just a patsy.  This virus is one of those
that propagates from an infected computer without the user's knowledge.  I
got this message some time back, but fortunately my Norton Antivirus was up
to date.  Even they get caught unprepared sometimes however.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:    Jim Jennis [SMTP:jhjennis@shentel.net]
> Sent:    Thursday, April 20, 2000 6:59 PM
> To:    pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
> Subject:    [SQL] VB (Virus Builder) Virus Posted
> 
> Hello Fellow Postgres users,
> 
> If any of you got the message posted by this idiot "Sean"
> <sean@fastinternet.net.au> to the list, the attached VB (otherwise known
> as
> Virus Builder) script is infected with the VBS.Freelink virus.
> 
> Watch out for it and if you are reading your mail running a Windows
> platform and happen to get this virus, you must delete the files 
> 
> c:\windows\links.vbs
> c:\windows\system\rundll.vbs
> 
> If you are running Linux (of course) you may ignore it and politely tell
> Sean to put this VB script where the Sun doesn't shine.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
> 
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