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You can call me TC Started conversation Jan 27, 2004
Oh dear Oh dear. How could I be so silly - this sort of thing should only happen to other people!!!
My e-mail service had categorised an e-mail as spam - I just happened to notice it in amongst all the others - it was from jwf in Canada. I opened it but it was illegible so I clicked on "view". It was still just as illegible. Only then did I realise that I might just have made a mistake.
After a few minutes everything got slower and slower, and I checked the "Processes". Needless to say, this file was using up a lot of MBs. It was called "doc.scr" - a screen saver, I thought. But why should jwf send me a screen saver?
Anyone else seen this - is it a bug, or was ~jwf~ genuinely being friendly? Perhaps I should set the screen saver up to run, and see what happens.
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Coniraya Posted Jan 27, 2004
There is a virus going round called my doom:
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydooma.html
But I'll keep my fingers crossed that it is just a scrambled email.
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Zarquon's Singing Fish! Posted Jan 27, 2004
Oh, I heard of a screen-saver being sent round containing a virus, which can't apparently be cured - yet. I haven't details of it here.
Oh dear, I hope you are OK, TC! 
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Gnomon - time to move on Posted Jan 27, 2004
And I hope jwf is ok too. If he sent you a virus, he has it as well.
A general rule is never to open any attachment to an e-mail unless you know the person who sent it, know that they know they sent it and know why they sent it.
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coelacanth Posted Jan 27, 2004
It does sound like the MyDoom. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3432639.stm 
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McKay The Disorganised Posted Jan 27, 2004
We had this at work last week - when the virus is triggered it picks a name from your e-mail list and sends it as though it is from that person, thus you may get an alert saying you sent a blocked e-mail to someone you don't know.
I'm afraid virus software is the only answer.
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Galaxy Babe - eclectic editor Posted Jan 29, 2004
I hope you get your pc sorted, TC!
Does your system have a "discinfect" programme?
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