Re: Fwd: Fw: alert..alert..alert.. DANGEROUS VIRUS......

----- Original Message ----- From: <php3@developersdesk.com> To: "deepak s" <deepaksawant@hotmail.com>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 8:06 PM Subject: Re: [PHP-DB] Fwd: Fw: alert..alert..alert.. DANGEROUS VIRUS...... > Addressed to: "deepak s" <deepaksawant@hotmail.com> > php-db@lists.php.net > > ** Reply to note from "deepak s" <deepaksawant@hotmail.com> Sat, 13 Jan 2001 04:41:54 -0000 > > A new virus has just been discovered that has been classified by > >Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ) and by McAfee (www.mcafee.com) > > as the > > > You should check your sources before you post such messages to the > mailing list. (or anyone else for that matter.) > > > I did. There is no mention of this on the CNN web site listed in > the message. I would expect it to be home page news, but I also did a > search on 'computer virus'. The latest entry was January 3. > > Same for Microsoft. I tried to look at the McAfee site, but they won't > let you hit the site without Javascript enabled, and I don't care to > view their site that bad. > > The Symantec web site (Norton Anti-Virus) shows no new virus > discoveries since November 2000. (http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/) > > Unless you can show some actual links to stories about this new virus > I'm going to have to file it under Hoax. > > > The key words are "Please email this to all your friends." I've still > never seen this in ANY message that deserved to be forwarded to > _anyone_ at all. Do you realy think slipping an email to a few friends > and asking them to forward it would be the best way to publish this > information if it was real? > > > > > > Rick Widmer > Internet Marketing Specialists > http://www.developersdesk.com > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net