Hello again,
I have send the following message to abuse@earthlink.com (since I'm
an Earthlink subscriber) as well as to Postmaster and Abuse at
Netcom, since the originator of the Virus file sent it from Netcom:
Hi guys,
The following message, of which the attached file "Happy99.exe" was a
part, has been posted to an e-mail list where myself and 1600 other
exchange information about the Newton MessagePad by "KCole
<quickink@ix.netcom.com>:. The attached file apparently contains a
virus which seems to effect Windows system. Multiple messages have
been posted to the e-mail list warning member not to open the file. I
have not opened it, as I'm using an Apple Mac which is unable to run
Windows EXE files and therefore have not been exposed to the virus
myself. I also have not been able to verify that the message in fact
does contain a virus, I would like you to run a check on it. I have
run a check with the Mac Version on Norton Anti Virus 6.0.1 and the
program did not report any virus contained in this file. But it might
just be a new type, the Anti Virus software is not yet aware of.
If the file should in fact contain a virus, I request that this
persons account with Netcom will be canceled with immediate effect. I
also request that this person will be banned from all access to
either the Netcom or the Earthlink networks. This file has been
placed into the e-mail list intentionally and if there is a virus in
it, those were malicious intentions and should not be tolerated in a
peace loving community :)
Thank you and best regards,
Chris
[I have attached the original message and the offending file]
I sincerely hope that this is in the interest of everybody on this
list - I have zero tolerance for stuff like that - sorry ...
Best regards,
Chris
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