Re: [ILUG] New Virus warning

From: Thomas Bridge (thomas.bridge at domain via-net-works.ie)
Date: Thu 04 May 2000 - 12:35:04 IST


Kenn Humborg wrote:

> Given the number of stupid virus hoaxes that go around,
> it's a good idea to include a URL to a definitive source
> when passing on a warning like this.
 
> http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/index.html#loveleta
 
> (The site seems overloaded right now.)
 
> Unsupported virus warnings tend to incur the wrath of mail
> admins, especially when sent to large numbers of people or
> mailing lists.

However I can confirm that this happened this morning, much to my
amusement (it hit the staff member that I sometimes feel would like to
replace the techies with NT drones).

For once, this is not a hoax.

T.

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