From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Sat Dec 01 2001 - 22:33:21 EST
When you restart Outlook, it will give you a message that it did not shut
down properly, and it will not display that last message. Just delete it!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Edwards" <mje_at_foxall.com.au>
To: "Thinkpad List" <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 10:28 PM
Subject: Re: WARNING!!! WORM!
> Michael Edwards.
>
> Not quite my first post, but I haven't said much here. I wonder if I
could
> ask a question, please, about this worm, if anyone knows the answer.
> I've received three separate copies of it from different people, and
what
> happened seems to be different from everything I've read about it. My
ThinkPad
> is a 770-ED, and I'm using Windows 95, Internet Explorer ver. 4.0
(4.72.2106.8,
> more precisely), and Outlook Express ver. 4.72.2106.4 - all of which may
> possibly be relevant.
> As soon as I moved the selection bar in the list of e-mails onto one
of the
> infected messages, it instantly crashed Outlook Express. I've not read of
this
> happening in any of the stuff I've read about this worm. I didn't even
get the
> chance to see if anything was in the body of the e-mail, nor the chance to
open
> the attachment (which I wouldn't have done, anyway) - the crashing was
instant.
> I've read of certain telltale files this worm leaves, and I don't
have any
> of them.
>
> My questions are:
> Is it likely that I'm infected?
> Why did it crash Outlook Express, and not just let me open the
attachment?
> As I said, this seems quite different from most of what I've read.
> Is there something about my older versions of the software that are
> incompatible with the worm, and make it impossible for it to infect me?
(I know
> I'm immune to several viruses or worms because of using older software -
it
> seems a very good reason to me not to upgrade, although my primary reason
is
> just all the bother and trauma it would involve.)
> I'd be glad if anyone could please throw a bit of light on this.
Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Edwards.
>
>
>
>
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