NO: Virus alert . Is it legitimate

From: sam (sam_at_myhouse.com)
Date: 09/08/03 

Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 21:56:20 -0700

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in <header> information look for these items:

name@computer.com
and
202.131.135.226

go to your email server blockers list and add these to
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whatever the blockers format is.

it is safer to block the offending email then it is to
unsubscribe. unsubscribe just verifies your address is
REAL and you will get
more.

>-----Original Message-----
>I am getting since I installed criticial updates
>yesterday on Direct X9 and Window Media Player 7,1, an
>alert from Miorosoft Internet Explorer with a ? that
>says Virus Warning!!! W32 RPC Virus Detected , click on
OK
>to scan and clean!! then a button below for OK and
>another cancel > I clicked on OK , yet the alert
keeps
>reappearing constantly to the point that I now simply
>closed it at X , I have a Norton Virus detector and I
ran
>it twice for all files and yet no virus is dected. Each
>time Norton anti-virus says nothing is infected. Is
this
>legitimate from Microsoft Internet Explorer or an ad?
>Because in some instances the alert when I clicked to
>scan and clean is followed by an ad to download a
>firewall, saying that the anti-virus set up would not
>detect such a virus and that I need a firewall and
>asking for me to dowload their product. which of course
I
>do not. I would appreciate any assistance whether
this
>is for real? and if so, why is it that even though
>allegedly it supposed to scan and clean it still pops
up .
>.
>

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