Baren Digest                Tuesday, 7 May 2002        Volume 19 : Number 1821


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From: Mike Lyon <mikelyon@mlyon.com>
Date: Mon, 06 May 2002 10:12:41 -0500
Subject: [Baren 18012] Re: Virus alert 

Bill, I am SO sorry to hear this!  I am being absolutely inundated with 
virus's and related emails, too!

After a similar experience to yours about a year ago, I have religiously 
kept my anti-virus software up to date (I use Norton on one machine and 
McAfee's Virus Scan On-Line on the other), and although I have received 
more than 200 emailed computer viruses this year, the anti-virus scanners 
catch them and 'cure' them on the way in.  This past week I have received a 
zillion KLES related emails -- someone(s) (I can't figure out who) is 
infected with KLES which is a nasty 'worm' which assumes alias'es when 
propagating.  So my email address appears in the 'errors-to' section of 
these emails, many of which come with copies of KLES attached and it is 
driving me to distraction!

When my drive crashed a year ago, I used Drive-Savers (800) 440-1904 to 
recover the data.  It cost a bit over $100 for them to look at the drive to 
determine whether they could recover it or not, and another several hundred 
dollars to recover it, but they did a GREAT job and I got back ALL my data 
(on two CDs).  They were very fast, too.  Might be a less expensive option 
for you.

Mike

At 11:38 AM 5/4/2002 -0700, you wrote:

>I was gullible when a message came to me from an old friend. Even though the
>subject line was weird, I fell for it.
>
>The result-a total wipeout of my hard drive, and will cost almost $3000 to
>restore two years work--a great amount because I had not been religious in


Mike Lyon
mailto:mikelyon@mlyon.com
http://www.mlyon.com 

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From: "Bea Gold" <bnj50@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 10:48:13 -0700
Subject: [Baren 18013] Re: Virus alert 

I have had a new virus that Norton does not detect - it comes up with a
different sender and subject on each message - you can't open it because as
soon as it's highlighted it beeps and freezes the computer - I worked with a
tech on Earthlink and we were able to eliminate the inbox where all the
messages were kept - about ten of them - by moving all the messages I wanted
to save to a new folder - then going to "find" - identifying inbox and
deleting it - he then suggested that I first go to mail2web.com to check my
mail before I open it in Outlook Express.  Very weird and very annoying.
The virus has not gotten into the computer as far as I know - the only
similarity between messages is that they all have attachments.  Be careful.
Bea


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From: "Jean Womack" <jeaneger@jeaneger.com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 18:51:36 -0700
Subject: [Baren 18014] Re:   Baren Digest V19 #1819 

August 10 and 11 sounds great!  I'll offer an extra bedroom (quite small)
and cots August 9 &10 for anyone who wants to stay over.  There's a motel
nearby, but no camping in the area, unfortunately.  There are hostels in San
Francisco and Marin and camping in Olema, near Point Reyes (about an hour
from here).   Maybe private camping in the area, but I don't know about it.
It will be great to see you again, April!

Howard and I will be traveling up to Vancouver after school is out and hope
to visit Barbara Mason and anyone else on the coast.  Please let me know if
I can visit you.

Jean





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