Sorry about the accidental infection! The virus came to me in an email and
i innocently opened the exe file. I have since discovered that it then
automatically emails itself to the whole Outlook address book! It is
however easily removed by common antivirus software.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Hepworth <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 25 January 2000 10:04
Subject: Re: Computer Virus Alert!
>At 06:12 25/01/00 +0000, you wrote:
>>Ian, it is incredibly bad form to flame someone simply because they
>accidentally sent a worm or virus round. Leo happens to be an highly
>respected
>>A&E Consultant. Would you call him a 'clown' if he passed a cold on to
>you? You clearly know very little about the transmission of these computer
>>nuisances. Perhaps you can try to appreciate that people are not all
>computer experts but trying their best to master new technology.
>>
>>Best wishes,
>>
>>
>>Rowley Cottingham
>
>My apologies. The reason I called Leo Murray a "clown":-
>In the 3+ years I have been on this list I have, as far as I remember,
>never seen a post from him therefore his name was not familiar to me
>(unlike yours, Danny Mac, John Ryan, Rob Cocks, Jel etc). If it was a
>familiar name then I WOULD have assumed someone had a worm or virus. I
>thought that leo murray may have been a disgruntled ex-A&E patient who is
>on a mission to upset A&E people ("you missed my #fib in 1973, now I walk
>funny, you die" type scenario), as ACADAEMED is not exactly hard to join.
>someone who had joined the list with the avowed intent of causing mayhem.
>The email from him (or from his virus) appeared most malicious.
>
>Ian Hepworth
>
>
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