Captain PPRuNe
My friend works for a company that has
Corporate policy that purchases COE standard equipment/ software - so no choice about MAC, no matter how much in love with them u r.
She did not open any attachment, just tried to delete the mails she received, that activated the virus today. Yesterday received 15 mails and unfortunately, due to its nature this was sent to several hundred people on her global address list.
It attacked and destroyed .jpg files. These are graphics and were valuable and irreplaceable.
Please everyone most of the people who were affected were not tyros, and it got through a firewall, an active virus scanner (network and locally installed) etc. Little use saying 'you should do this or that', if neither of those worked and they didn't in this case, and in corporate life you often get attachments you didn't order. This mail came from apparently trusted souces, and people who would have received it from her assume it's okay.
The problem lies not in the attachment, but just in receiving the mail. No use blaming the victims, it is the offender who should be made to pay.
And anyone who thinks this doesn't affect them, please realise that the cost of this will be counted in millions. No-one yet knows the side effects and the consequences.
Next time, they may threaten to do worse and guess what - who would not pay to avoid vital and life saving systems being affected by a similar virus (piggy-backed on email). Remember a lot of these companies have installed systems which run your business and have email access to the airline industry. Who can guarantee that next time planes, air traffic and other airline related systems would not be brought to a halt, or hospitals, traffic signals etc.
It is really scary stuff chaps
[This message has been edited by ANGELONE (edited 05 May 2000).]