wine users - Feb 2001 - WARNING. You sent a potential virus or unauthorised code

The MessageLabs Virus Control Centre discovered a possible 
virus or unauthorised code (such as a joke program or trojan)
in an email sent by you. 

Please read this whole email carefully. It explains what has 
happened to your email, which suspected virus has been caught, 
and what to do if you need help.


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Some details about the infected message
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To help identify the email:

The message was titled 'Re: Wine release 20010216'
The message date was Thu, 22 Feb 2001 08:53:29 +0100
The message identifier was <phg279.mo2.ln@preusse-16223.user.cis.dfn.de>
The message recipients were 
    mfletcher@serck-controls.co.uk


To help identify the virus:

Scanner 1 (Skeptic) reported the following:

Skeptic searching for 23 viruses
W97M/Ftip.A-mm subject?: 692158A_0.txt
>>> Possible Virus 'VBS/Generic.dam' found in
'warnung.txt.vbs'. Heuristics score: 201

The message was diverted into the virus holding pen on
mail server server-8.tower-9.messagelabs.com (id 692158_982852942)
and will be held for 30 days before being destroyed.


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What should you do now?
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If you sent the email from a corporate network, you should first 
contact your local Helpdesk or System Administrator for advice. 
They will be able to help you disinfect your workstation.

If you sent the email from a personal or home account, you will 
need to disinfect your computer yourself. To do this you will 
need an anti-virus program. We suggest using one of the leading 
industry anti-virus packages such as McAfee, F-Secure or Cybersoft, 
which cost £15-£30 per copy. 
 

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Getting more help
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You may like to read the Support FAQs at 
http://www.messagelabs.com/support/FAQs.htm 
These will answer many of the most common queries. 

If you believe this message to be a false alarm or you require 
further assistance, you can email MessageLabs Support at:-

    support@messagelabs.com

or contact MessageLabs Helpdesk by telephone on:-

       +44 (0) 1285 884466

Please quote the following Virus Pen ID when contacting Support.
<<< mail server server-8.tower-9.messagelabs.com (id 692158_982852942)
>>>


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This message has been checked for all known viruses by the 
MessageLabs Virus Control Centre. For further information visit
http://www.messagelabs.com/stats.asp

support@messagelabs.com wrote:
> The MessageLabs Virus Control Centre discovered a possible 
> virus or unauthorised code (such as a joke program or trojan)
> in an email sent by you. 
> 
Shit! Time to switch off that hoaxes in my sigs. Will care about that
a little bit more.
Sorry, to all wine-users!

Hilmar
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