[topicmaps-comment] Virus alert: don't open "Hi" messages.

[Murray Altheim <murray.altheim@sun.com>]

I just received a message titled "Hi" from one of the members of a
list who must have had me in his addressbook, as he is a victim of the
latest virus. The virus contains a screensaver named "goner.scr" and
the message:

> How are you ?
> When I saw this screen saver, I immediately thought about you
> I am in a harry, I promise you will love it!

This is a very fast-spreading virus which does a lot of damage:

  http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011204/ts/tech_worm_dc_3.html

This only infects Windows machines so I wasn't in any danger, nor is
this message (running only Solaris and linux).

Murray

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Murray Altheim, SGML/XML Grease Monkey  <mailto:murray.altheim&#64;sun.com>
Java and XML Software
Sun Microsystems, 1601 Willow Rd., MS UMPK17-102, Menlo Park, CA 94025

       Ernst Martin comments in 1949, "A certain degree of noise in 
       writing is required for confidence. Without such noise, the 
       writer would not know whether the type was actually printing 
       or not, so he would lose control."