[TheForge] Importance of GOOD virus protection

[lama]

I got a virus warning through another e-mail address=20
that I use sometimes. Fortunately the virus was=20
stripped from the attachment long before it ever got to me.
Also I use PC-Cillin and I trust it. But if I did not have=20
good protection, I probably would have opened this attachment.
The attachment name is    ringlogo3[1].jpg    and it is 14.0 kb in size.
So be careful if you get that attachment. I (think) that the clue
here is the number 1 in brackets [1] at the end of the file name.
This service sent me the cleaned attachment and it is a very=20
nice banner with a textured blue background and chrome letters=20
that spell out "The Metalsmith's Ring"  I would like to think that
whoever created this banner is someone that wants to start a web ring
and that they had no malice in mind when sending the attachment.
But who knows?=20
Below is a copy of the warning message that I received.
dave m

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subject:  {Virus?} Cellspacing
Warning: This message has had one or more attachments=20
removed (Tv.scr). Please read the "VirusWarning.txt"=20
attachment(s) for more information.



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This is a message from the MailScanner E-Mail Virus Protection Service
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The original e-mail attachment "Tv.scr"
was believed to be infected by a virus and has been replaced by this =
warning
message.

If you wish to receive a copy of the *infected* attachment, please
e-mail helpdesk and include the whole of this message
in your request. Alternatively, you can call them, with
the contents of this message to hand when you call.

At Tue Jan 21 01:13:54 2003 the virus scanner said:
   Tv.scr  Infection: W32/Klez.H@mm
   Windows Screensavers are often used to hide viruses (Tv.scr)

Note to Help Desk: Look on the ItsFast.net AntiVirus MailScanner=20
in /var/spool/MailScanner/quarantine/20030121 (message h0L7Dos03381).
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