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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Janet	Report	25 Feb 2004 09:21
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Received an alert from Symantec this morning about this latest variation of the Mydoom worm. It arrives in an attachment and sends emails from your address book. So ..... beware!
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,750 Send Message	ஐ+¨^¨+e+¨^¨+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom	Report	25 Feb 2004 11:12
Member Since: May 2003 Posts: 9,750 Send Message	Hell Janet Thanks for the warning. I recieved 2 more emails with attatchments which AVG failed to notice ! (with spoof addreses) I deleted them straight away. Iv'e had about 5 this week already. Elaine x
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 744 Send Message	Steph	Report	25 Feb 2004 11:50
	Hi Janet, The one tip I always give is NEVER open an e-mail , if you do not know who it's from. I instantly delete any unknown e-mails. Steph in Northampton
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Janet	Report	25 Feb 2004 12:06
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 0 Send Message	Yes, I totally agree Steph. Also, it's very important to have a good Internet Security program, which gets updated regularly. I think the problem with this type of worm is that the emails pretend to come from someone you do know, so you really have to be extremely cautious.