WARNING - A dangerous virus is spreading rapidly by picking names from
address books
and web sites that a person has visited. The infected file may be attached
to a post from someone you know. The subject of the email will be random,
and will be the
>               same as the file name of the attachment in the email.

>      Message: The message body will be semi-random, but will
>               always contain one of the following two lines (either >
English
>               or Spanish) as the first and last sentences of the message.
>
>               Spanish Version:
>               First line: Hola como estas ?
>               Last line: Nos vemos pronto, gracias.
>
>               English Version:
>               First line: Hi! How are you?
>               Last line: See you later. Thanks
I received one post where the subject line reads "Letters" and the
message in the post is "Hi! How are you? I send you this file in order to
have your advice. See you later. Thanks"  The attached file was infected.

We received a message from a person who had visited
our web site, and the message contained private financial
information! The virus had captured some banking information on the person's
computer and broadcast it far and wide.

Bottom line to all: DO NOT open attached files, even from people you know,
unless you are expecting a specific file from that person.  Pam Wiggins
called me today and warned me not to open anything from her, as her computer
is one of the ones that got infected.

To read an attached file safely in a Windows environment, open Notepad. Move
(without opening) the attached file onto the desktop first, then from the
desktop onto Notepad. (do this in two steps.) Notepad cannot execute
software programs (viruses), so you can read the attachment safely. You may
have to scroll through lots of junk to find any words with meaning. The
bigger the file, the more likely it has executable code - delete it
immediately. Norton Anti-virus software is not yet picking up this virus (as
of Tuesday July 24).

Linda J. Smith, BSE, FACCE, IBCLC
Bright Future Lactation Resource Centre www.bflrc.com
<http://www.bflrc.com/>
6540 Cedarview Ct., Dayton, OH 45459-1214 USA
(937) 438-9458 email [log in to unmask]

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