Hello James, and the others, > I was dismayed, disappointed and deeply upset to see and read in my > mail: > > Subject: Re: Satellites and Your Privacy > Resent-Date: Sun, 19 Dec 1999 23:51:39 -0800 (PST) > From: BEHREND Raoul <Raoul.Behrend@obs.unige.ch> > > ********** Is it a new virus in this 96K file !? ************* > > This same messagemates.com was attached to a reply from another list > group in yesterdays mail as Boss exe. and now I see I have another > messagemate.com coming from the same list group under another subject > name with attachment encoded Panther exec.. If this sheds any light on > the matter I would greatly appreciate your help. > > Regards Well, I prefer not to run programs and documents using macros (like m$'s word-excel) that are distributed on newsgroups, because it's one of the best ways to propagate viruses. (you remember, happy99, melissa, tristate, isn't it ?). So I asked the newsgroup what kind of document it is ? In a general manner, don't open binaries from unchecked sources ! And the text and html contents of the message is of no interrest for the newsgroup. It's a sign which demand to be very careful ! Of course, this warning *does not* imply that the attachment is a virus. But I have no way to check if it is or not. Have a nice day, Raoul ----- Observatoire de Genève Raoul Behrend CH-1290 Sauverny / Suisse Raoul.Behrend@Obs.UniGe.CH http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend "Herbe à Nicot? Herbe à nigaud!" ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www2.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html