Thanks everyone for your advise. Cheers, Amie. >From: Momodou Camara <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Attention Hassan Jagne >Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 14:40:27 +0100 > >On 4 Dec 2001, at 13:16, AMIE BOJANG-SISSOHO wrote: > > > I got a similar one from Hassan Jagne. But As a matter of principle I >don't > > open attachments from senders I don't know. There seems to be a >systematic > > approach by a sender(s) using differing names plus .gm address and >sending > > me mails related to topic they think I would be desperate to read. >Think > > again! > > > > Amie. > > > >There is a virus that sends itself to everyone in your address book. The >virus >was sent to me from different sources whom have no contact with, including >Hassan Jagne. Some of these people are not even aware that they are >infected. > >There is a free removal tool at the following address if you are infected: >http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.badtrans.b@mm >.removal.tool.html > >You can only execute the virus attachment without opening it if >you read email on a PC with either Outlook or Outlook Express and you have >a >version of Internet Explorer that is vulnerable to the so-called auto-open >bug. >See the following link for more information and a patch. >http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS01-020.asp > >Momodou Camara > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> > >To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface >at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: >[log in to unmask] > ><<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>> To view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] <<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>//\\<<//\\>>