Re: Is this some sort of virus?

From: Phil Weldon (notdisclosed_at_example.com)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 07:49:54 GMT

The BEST way to find out which virus a file may contain is to have a GOOD,
up-to-date antivirus program running ALL the time, scanning incoming and
outgoing email. If you get virus definitions updated every few days, such
an antivirus program should catch and identify almost all viruses. If you
don't already have an antivirus program running ALL the time, you likely
already have viruses infecting your system. If so, then a full scan from an
online virus scanner provided by one of the major antivirus program
publishers should identify any infections. Without the report from an
antivirus program it is very difficult to tell conclusively IF you have a
virus and, in many cases, which virus you have... there are more than 60,000
viruses listed by some antivirus programs. Then there are problems with
other kinds of malicious software... trojan horses, spyware, adware... so
you will need more than just an antivirus program if you are going to be
connected to the internet... a personal firewall is necessary, and programs
that remove popup ads, privacy invasions, and remote control access.

One location for a online antivirus scan is provided by Symantec, the
publisher of Norton AntiVirus

http://securityresponse.symantec.com/ ; go to this page and click on "Check
for Security Risks". This will take you to the scanning page, and also give
your system a test for vulnerabilites that a firewall can prevent. 

-- 
Phil Weldon, pweldonatmindjumpdotcom
For communication,
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"Jon" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:476901c4024f$3a41a8b0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I only know enough about computers to mess them up.  I got
> this email the other day, and I am not sure if it is trash
> from email hell, spam, or a virus.  The message had
> nothing in it and there was a strange attachment.  I
> didn't open it.  Here is what the top section of the
> message had in it:
>
> From Nolan Ruffin Wed Mar 3 18:06:56 2004
> X-Apparently-To: SOMEONE@yahoo.com via 66.218.93.14; Wed,
> 03 Mar 2004 18:07:29 -0800
> Return-Path: <jamnxlseps@yahoo.com>
> Received: from 24.10.64.43 (HELO c-24-10-64-
> 43.client.comcast.net) (24.10.64.43) by
> mta138.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Wed, 03 Mar 2004
> 18:07:27 -0800
> Received: from sfev.aiezrel (kfxnb.ausbwv.utexx
> [176.104.143.244])
> Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:06:56 -0700
> From:  "Nolan Ruffin" <jamnxlseps@yahoo.com>  Add to
> Address Book
> X-Mailer: The Bat! (v2.00.6) Business
> Reply-to: "Nolan Ruffin" <jamnxlseps@yahoo.com>
> X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
> Message-ID:
> <05616240050516391276102120973749988926027@hotmail.com>
> To: SOMEONE@yahoo.com
> Subject:  re [21]            <-----THAT IS THE ATTACHMENT
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----------
> 95424602AA28C9"
>  ------------95424602AA28C9
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Length: 835
>
>
> When I right clicked on the attachment this is what it said
>
> Protocol: HTTP
> Type: GIF image
> Address: http://usi1.yming.com/us.yming.com/i/mail/clip.gif
> Size: 73 Bytes
> Dimensions: 11x16 Pixels
> Created: 3/2/04
> Modified: 3/2/04
>
> I looked at some of the recent information on that new
> network virus, and it didn't seem to match up.  I don't
> know the person that sent the email.  Maybe its nothing, I
> don't know.  Let me know what you guys think.
>

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