IP: New virus information

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>From: Andy Perch <perch@seas.upenn.edu>
>To: seas-faculty@seas.upenn.edu, seas-staff@seas.upenn.edu
>Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 17:41:55 -0400
>Subject: New virus information
>Reply-To: perch@seas.upenn.edu
>
>Hello--
>
>A new computer virus has been detected at Penn.  The virus is
>contained in attachments to email messages.  Email containing this
>virus may have subject lines that include the words "life_stages,"
>"funny," or "joke."  The file extension of the attachment can be
>either .TXT or .SHS.
>
>If you are using a pc email client, such as Eudora, Netscape Messenger
>or Microsoft Outlook, do not open this attachment.  Delete the message
>without opening it.  Opening the attachment on a pc can cause file and
>system problems on your pc, and can spread the virus to other users.
>If you are using a unix mail reader such as elm, simply delete the
>message.
>
>Our current supported pc antivirus software (VirusScan) will detect
>and remove this virus.  Here is how to tell if your antivirus software
>is up-to-date.  (This applies to pcs running Windows 95, 98, NT 4.0
>and Windows 2000.)
>
>  Look in the lower right corner of your display.  If there is an icon
>  of a shield with a "V", right-click on the icon and select "About".
>  The "Virus definitions" should be at version "4.0.4082".
>
>If you have an earlier version, or do not have this shield icon, or if
>you have any other questions about this, please send me mail.
>(perch@seas.upenn.edu)
>
>Thanks,
>Andy
>
>Andy Perch
>Director of Distributed Operations CETS
>University of PA  School of Engineering and Applied Science
>perch@seas.upenn.edu
>215-898-9346