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To: mr.mark who wrote (20728)	6/19/2001 3:50:17 PM
From: BenThair	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Update Late Sunday I found an old Norton AntiVirus Delux Version 4.0 laying in a desk drawer. I loaded it and downloaded the latest updates. It found the Worm and cleaned my machine. It seems that everything is working fine. After cleaning up some old programs and running Norton Win Doc my DLL problems have gone away. I sure would be nice to upgrade to WIN 95B. I have an application (QCHARTS)that will require 95b starting next month. This old machine is nice for just running real time quotes and charts as needed. If anything changes I will let you know. Later Ben

To: mr.mark who wrote (20728)	6/19/2001 4:09:07 PM
From: CatLady	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110631

Another nasty virus spotted A BAD VIRUS If you receive an email entitled 'Badtimes,' delete it immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer. * It demagnetizes the stripes on ALL of your credit cards. * It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's you attempt to play. * It will program your phone auto dial to call only 900 numbers. * This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank. * It will drink ALL your beer. ARE YOU LISTENING!?!?!? * It will leave dirty underwear on the coffee table when you are expecting company. * It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine, all the while dating your current boy/girlfriend behind your back and billing their hotel rendezvous to your Visa card. * It will cause you to run with scissors and throw things in a way that is only fun until someone loses an eye. * It will rewrite your backup files, changing all your active verbs to passive tense and incorporate undetectable misspellings which grossly change the interpretations of key sentences. * If the "Badtimes" message is opened in a Windows 95/98 environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub. * It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, it will also refill your skim milk with whole milk. WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN!!