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A trojan horse virus? Yikes! Everybody needs to know HOW DANGEROUS this can be. I once logged on to AOL and got the msg telling me "your account is currently in use. If this is not authorized, call 1-800-..." I called, and assured the AOL rep that I had not authorized or given my password out to anyone. He told me someone was in my account at that very moment sending porno ads out. I was aghast. I asked how? He asked if I had download anything recently - come to find out I had downloaded a zipped file. That's when he told me that zipped files can contain trojan horse viruses that kick back your password to the originator, enabling them to enter your system and wreak havoc. The aol rep immediately cut the person off, gave me a new password to get back on, and cautioned me to be VERY careful, because you are legally liable for anything that goes out under your account - had it been something like child pornography, I could have been held legally accountable. When I got back in, I had literally hundreds of irate responses from people who had received this filth from my handle, so I then had to deal with that. I spent time telling everyone my horror story so you'll know the danger and be VERY CAREFUL what you download - specially when it comes to zipped files. After that experience, soon as I see a file with a .zip extension on it, I look no further but immediately hit the delete key. Ron (Chicago) -----Original Message----- From: Bob Anibal [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 5:50 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: !!!!!!!!!!!! Beware of any attachments from anyone you don't know - a couple of the forums I"m on got hit including me but my virus program caught it ( I just updated the program yesterday - how's that for timing ) The name of the attachment is - Humor.txt pif. The message is generally - "Try this if you want a laugh" It is a Trojan horse it will send itself to everybody in your address book. This is real not a hoax Bob or Pop as the case may be. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn