The computer virus sent through IOOBF-L

[John L. Cofer]

As a subscriber to the IOOBF-L list, you just received an e-mail with the
subject line:

A great Shockwave flash movie

Attached to that e-mail message is a file called:

creative.exe

This file contains a computer virus called Prolin or pro-Linix; and it urges
victims to install the Linux operating system. When the program
"creative.exe" is run, it sends a copy of itself to everyone listed in the
victim's address book. Thus the apparent sender of the message was not
intending to spread a computer virus.

This computer virus is not as destructive as it could be; but it is still a
nuisance. Obviously, do not run creative.exe.

More information on this virus can be found at:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/496999.asp

Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

John

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John L. Cofer
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