Re: OWNERSHIP: warning

["Norman G. Kurland" <thirdway@cesj.org>]

Neither of these virus reports listed my correct e-mail address.  I have no idea
how these were sent out.

Norm

"William B. Ryan" wrote:

> Today Hotmail reports that the attachment is not a
> virus.  Perhaps the report yesterday was a "false
> positive."
>
> Because a file may apparently open "without a
> problem" does not mean it does not contain a virus
> that has corrupted or is corrupting your computer.
> These computer viruses are an extreme form of
> malicious vandalism.
>
> On March 13 I received at two separate email address
> emails supposedly from Norm Kurland, photocopies of
> which are attached in pdf.
>
> The first (virus1) definitely contained a corrupted
> pif attachment (news.pif).  Note the email's odd "to"
> field and Norm's supposed email address in the "from"
> field.  It appears to contain a fragment of a message
> Norm sent privately to Rodney Shakespeare.
>
> The second (virus2) apparently does not contain a
> virus itself as an attachment, but appears to be
> generated by a virus.  Again, note the odd "to" and
> "from" fields.  Note the message which again appears
> to be a fragment of a message Norm sent to Rodney.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Steve Nieman
> Reply-To: ownership@cog.kent.edu
> To: ownership@cog.kent.edu
> Subject: Re: OWNERSHIP: warning
> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 19:17:49 -0700
> Ditto for whatever it's worth Bill, Ownership et al,
>
> I opened Norm's attached Word file with no problems. I use a Mac on the road
> (where I currently am). I can't speak for my desktop PC, which is back home
> sitting on my desk--Steve Nieman
>
> On Friday, April 25, 2003, at 08:30 AM, William B. Ryan wrote:
> >For whatever it's worth, Hotmail warns that Norm's attachment contains a
> >virus and recommends that it not be downloaded.
> >
> >Generally speaking, anything other than pdf, txt or html files are risky
> >downloads. I believe that jpeg and gif files are also generally safe to
> >download.
> >
> >Doc files are especially dangerous because they can become corrupted
> >without the knowledge of the sender.
> >
> >In pdf I have attached a photocopy of the Hotmail warning.
> >
> >----Original Message Follows---- From: "Norman G. Kurland" Reply-To:
> >ownership@cog.kent.edu CC: "Greco, Matt" Subject: OWNERSHIP: Talk at Union
> >Theological Seminary in NYC, May 6th Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 10:42:15 -0400
> >
> >I thought you'd be interested in the attached flyer prepared by Matt Greco,
> >a former editor for a Wall Street financial magazine now studying at the
> >Union Theological Seminary. Matt discovered us by surfing the web. If
> >you'll be in Manhattan on Tuesday, May 6th please join us for this event.
> >
> >Norm << NOrmFlyer.doc >>
> >
> >
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>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>                  Name: virus1.pdf
>    virus1.pdf    Type: Acrobat (application/pdf)
>              Encoding: base64
>
>                  Name: virus2.pdf
>    virus2.pdf    Type: Acrobat (application/pdf)
>              Encoding: base64


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