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Subject: Re: FLASH: Do Not Open Creative.Exe It's A VIRUS
From: jri
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 00:25:13 GMT


Better yet, NEVER open an executable unless it's from someone you know AND you are expecting to receive it for some legitimate purpose e.g. a project you are working on. If your development team uses a project specific name for the .exe you should be able to identify it as legit. Anything else should go straight into the bin.

Good luck all.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Dowdell [jdowdellatmacromedia [dot] com (mailto:jdowdellatmacromedia [dot] com)]
> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000, 2:16 PM
> To: flasheratchinwag [dot] com
> Subject: Re: FLASH: Do Not Open Creative.Exe It's A VIRUS
>
> At 2:10 PM 12/4/0, Sohrab Pirayesh wrote:
> >I opened it today. The only reason i did though, was because it was from my
> >boss. I thought he was sending it to me because i'm the flash guy.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Larry Eisenstein" <leisensteinatcommunicopia [dot] com>
> >To: "Michell Borthwick" <michelle_borthwickattorontomail [dot] tbwachiat [dot] com>;
> >"Michael Eisenstein" <homeomikeatprimus [dot] ca>; "Steven Zerker"
> ><szerkeratsecondcity [dot] com>; "Paula Zelie Eisenstein" <peisensteinathome [dot] com>;
> >"Larry Tuchinsky" <tuchinskyataol [dot] com>; "John Napoleon"
> ><jnapoleoneathotmail [dot] com>; "Gus Doubalidis" <gdouboulidisathome [dot] com>;
> ><flasheratchinwag [dot] com>; "flasher" <'flasheratchinwag [dot] com'>; "Eric Lin"
> ><ericlin2000athotmail [dot] com>; "Denise" <deniseatgraphicsagogo [dot] com>; "David Chui"
> ><dchuiatkideney [dot] com>; "Danny Schrier" <dannysatmfcomposites [dot] com>; "angelie
> >ramirez" <angelie [dot] ramirezatsenecac [dot] on [dot] ca>; "Alex Klenert" <alexatsutjav [dot] com>;
> >"Anthony Boright" <aborightatcommunicopia [dot] com>
> >Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 4:51 AM
> >Subject: FLASH: Do Not Open Creative.Exe It's A VIRUS
>
>
> I'm sorry you lost time with this. Here's a reprint of part of Friday's
> conversation on the list:
>
> [beginQuote]
>
> My apologies for the wide posting, but you may get client questions over
> the next two weeks about a virus discovered today which calls itself a
> Flash Projector, and which is sent as an attachment to email.
>
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-3951204.html
> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2659943,00.html
>
> If you get calls on this from your clients, or if you see this conversation
> in other communities, then could you remind folks of the following, please?
>
> -- Never accept applications from strangers.
>
> -- This isn't a Flash file, it's just called a Flash file.
>
> -- Sending unrequested attachments via email is not nice.
>
> -- Watch out for integrated software suites, where your email and browser
> and scripting system and address book are all connected.
>
> (I'm expecting we'll all get worried requests about this "Flash virus
> issue", so reminding people it's just *named* Flash will likely be a hot
> topic over the next two weeks, thanks.)
>
> [endQuote]
>
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>
> jd
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