Forwarded message
>
>A friend of mine recently sent me a warning message
>about an alleged virus called "Join The Crew". I've
>seen similar warnings in the past that others had
>later identified as being hoaxes, so I checked on
>a web site about virus hoaxes to find out whether
>this was one of that kind. For your information,
>I'm sending you a copy of the reply I just sent to
>my friend, with permission to forward this to any
>one you know who might be interested.
>
>Vern Jacobs
>
>
>"Join the Crew" is one of a large variety of virus hoaxes
>and practical jokes. For more details on this alleged
>virus, see http://www.mcafee.com/support/hoax/join.asp.
>
>For generic information about whether a specific virus
>is a hoax, you might want to visit and bookmark the
>web page for Computer Virus Myths. Their URL is
>http://kumite.com/myths/
>
>If you look up the information on the McAfee page above,
>they will tell you that, 
>
>"This is a hoax because viruses are not carried in e-mail
>messages. Viruses must be transmitted as an attachment
>to a message. By receiving the message you are not in
>any danger. Every attachment should always be saved and
>scanned before executing (opening it)."
>
>FYI, I just spent the better part of a day getting rid of
>a virus that came in on email and attached itself to a
>large number of my MS Word documents and Word Perfect
>files. It was not a seriously malignant virus, but it
>had caused me some inconveniences in savings files. I'm
>now a firm believer in keeping my virus protection soft-
>ware up to date (I'm using McAfee) and in not opening
>any email attachments unless
>
>   1. It's from someone I know and
>   2. I've checked it for viruses before opening it.
>
>I've also discovered that I can set the options on my
>Eudora email program to delete attachemtns whenever I
>delete the related message. This is often not the
>default setting in your mail reader. In Eudora, I was
>able to change the setting by going to the Tools menu,
>selecting Options, then selecting Attachments and then
>changing the setting for deleting attachments.

Graham
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