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Pastimes : VIRUS ALERT -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Fridrik Skulason who wrote (22)	9/26/1998 10:07:00 PM
From: tide	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 47

This alert was sent out by telusplanet in the province of Alberta, Canada & should be heeded to by users in Alberta or users of telusplanet, as I understand it. Subject: ______________________________________________________________________________ Some TELUS PLAnet customers have received E-mail containing a program which compromises the security on their computers. This program puts your computer and passwords at risk. The E-mail claims to have been sent from help@telusplanet.net, and may have the subject "speed fix." It describes how users can speed up their modem by clicking on the attached file. THE "speed fix" E-MAIL IS A HOAX AND CONTAINS A DANGEROUS VIRUS. DO NOT CLICK ON THE ATTACHMENT OR OPEN THE ATTACHED FILE. If you receive the "speed fix" E-mail, you should: 1. Press "Reply" in your E-mail program. Your E-mail program should fill in help@telusplanet.net as the recipient of the new message. 2. Send the message. This will help us identify the sender of the file and take further action. 3. Delete the E-mail. TELUS PLAnet strongly recommends that you never open attachments from people you do not know. This is one of the most common ways that viruses are transmitted. Please note that TELUS PLAnet will never send you a file as an attachment to E-mail. If we want to recommend a program or file we will post it on the telusplanet.net or planet.eon.net web sites. IF YOU RECEIVED THE "SPEED FIX" OR SIMILAR MESSAGES AND CLICKED ON THE FILE, YOU MAY HAVE ACTIVATED THE BACK ORIFICE PROGRAM, which compromises the security on your computer. Please view the page at <http://www.telusplanet.net/help/bosecurity.html> in your Web browser for instructions on how to identify and neutralize this program. tide