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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (79400)	5/8/2000 9:17:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I thought that I had e-mailed the following to you already; if not, I do apologize. It was sent to me by a friend at a large corporation whose IS people circulated it. Subject: Virus Alert Update for 5/5/00 3pm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > The following information was obtained from credible sources on the web > regarding variations of the "I love you" virus. Please read and be very > cautious of any e-mails that you are not expecting from known and unknown > sources. > > The latest variant might cause the most trouble. It attempts to prey on > consumer fears of erroneous credit card charges and arrives with the > subject line "Mother's Day Order Confirmation." The body of the message > then tells the potential victim: "We have proceeded to charge your credit > card for the amount of $326.92 for the mothers day diamond special. We > have attached a detailed invoice to this email. Please print out the > attachment and keep it in a safe place. Thanks Again and Have a Happy > Mothers Day! mothersday@subdimension.com." > > New variations of the "worm" were were also winging around the Internet, > in some cases foiling anti-virus protection. A version of the virus named > "Luck" started appearing Thursday afternoon, and other copycats have > followed. One variant, called Susitikim (which in Lithuanian means: Let's > meet), has a subject line that reads "Susitikem shi vakara kavos > puodukui." In Lithuanian, the sentence translates into: "Let's meet this > evening for coffee." > > >