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It's okay, David. Viruses are going to happen as long as we live in cyberworld (just like they do in the real world). All we can do is to try to protect ourselves the best we can. Please don't beat yourself up over it. It was a human mistake. -----Original Message----- From: David Meigs <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 11:27 AM Subject: Re: W32.Badtrans.13312@mm Virus >Katherynne, > >I apologize if I offended you. Believe me, I would never want to do >anything, or say anything that would do that. > >The contaminated message I received was a message from "ask the dietitian", >but NOT from your server. It was from an infected computer subscribed to >your list. I do not know "who" it was from exactly because I deleted it >immediately upon having problems when I opened the attachment. I should >have realized that you would never send out an attachment! > >My computer sent out infected messages before I realized what had happened. >I sent the same message to everyone on my "contact list". > >Right now, I think I'll go crawl under a rock somewhere.... > >David Meigs >[log in to unmask] >Meigs Family Webpage: >http://home.earthlink.net/~davidmeigs/index.html >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2001 6:24 AM >Subject: Re: W32.Badtrans.13312@mm Virus > > >David Meigs wrote: >> I got hit with this virus yesterday & it inadvertently sent it self out to >> many of the addresses in my email program. >> I got it off the "ask the dietitian" list. It disabled my virus program >> "Inoculate!it" and it took 3 scans with Norton antivirus to restore my >> computer! > >Dear David, >I personally scan and approve all messages to "Dietitian," and have >updated virus protection on my computer. My computer is virus-free. >However, I checked with the "Dietitian" webmaster to be doubly sure that >the list is not infected. > >I fear you are the victim of a hoax. Following is the response from the >webmaster: > >"Mr. Meigs did not get his virus from the 'Dietitian' website. I >scanned all >questions and did not find any viruses. Thank you for contacting me >immediately when you suspected a virus may be present. That will help >us >resolve it if it does become a problem. However, be confident that you >have >a higher level of technical knowledge than those on your list." > >Best regards, >Kathrynne > > > >-- >Kathrynne Holden, MS, RD >"Ask the Parkinson Dietitian" >http://www.parkinson.org/ >Author: "Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease" >"Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy for Parkinson's disease" >http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn