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list members. I got this info from my husband who keeps very current on viruses. Cathy [log in to unmask] wrote: > > there is a worm called pretty park which is distributed as an email > attachment and is triggered when the user opens the mail and runs the > program (note: the user has to actually do something stupid (or what i > would consider stupid) in order to be hurt by this virus, i.e. they have to > run the program.). > > in the end, pretty park doesn't appear to actually damage to the machine it > infects (which would make the infection self limiting) so i guess i would > place it in the nuisance category. procedures for disinfecting a user's > system are available and norton will catch it on arrival as long as the > signature files are current. > > a good rule of thumb is always: keep your signature files current and don't > run anything new until it's been scanned. > > Regards, Robert > e-Business/Parallel Sysplex, IBM Washington Systems Center, Gaithersburg, > MD > Intranet: rdmorse@ibmusm24 / Internet: [log in to unmask] / > Quote of the day... > "The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be lighted." > Plutarch > > Cathy Morse <[log in to unmask]> on 01/05/2000 02:34:45 PM > > Please respond to [log in to unmask] > > To: Robert Morse III/Gaithersburg/IBM@IBMUS > cc: > Subject: virus warning from pienet > > Robert, > > Know anythiing about a virus called pretty park? It comes in in an > e-mail. One person reported it set off his virus protection program and > another said it infected his computer and e-mailed itself to his > enitre list? >