Trojan Horse

[John Farrington]

I should have added that I have not received any attachment like
"netinfo.zip" from the two Heath reflectors (listserv.tempe.gov
and qth.net) that I've been receiving since the beginning of August.
You might try checking further for the origin.

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Original messages:
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At 09:50 PM 09/08/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello...
>
>Heavens yes, I do not by any stretch of the imagination mean that you
>should delete any "netinfo.xxx" file.....only the ones that I referred
>to....."netinfo.zip" and "netinfo1.zip"...and statistically, if you have
>them, they would probably be as mail attachments (wherever you store
>attachments) because that is probably how you got them....
>
>Thank you John!!!
>
>...wayne
>
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>>Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 23:24:17 -0500
>>To: heath at listserv.tempe.gov
>>From: John Farrington <jfarr at livingston.net>
>>Subject: Re: Trojan Horse
>>Cc: "W. Sushak" <stanway at DBLHELIX.COM>
>>
>>In regard to the message (copy below) warning subscribers of a
>>trojan horse from this relector:
>>
>>- look before you leap, don't delete every "netinfo" file:
>>  the "netinfo.inf" file in the \WINDOWS\INF directory is part
>>  of Windows 98.
>>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>Original trojan horse warning message from W. Sushak, Wed,
>>8 Sep 1999 18:06:52 -0700:
>>
>>>I have found a Trojan Horse on my system, that after analysis, have
>>>determined came from one of these (3) Heath reflectors.  It was dated
>>>8/21/99.  the files were "netinfo.zip" and "netinfo1.zip".  Please
>>                           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>run your anti-virus programs to verify you do not have these little
>>>pests.  If you do not have an up-to-date virus checker (make sure
>>>your settings are set to scan "all" files, not just the executables),
>>>find them by doing a "Start,Find Files or Folders", and delete these
>>>items.

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