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Doug Easterling <[log in to unmask]>
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Ohio Association for Institutional Research (Ohio AIR)
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Mon, 6 Mar 2000 10:58:40 -0500
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If  you receive an e-mail from me with the attachment Pretty.Park.exe, DON'T open it!  Delete it immediately!!!  Opening that attachment allows the virus to attach to your C drive, & from there it will e-mail itself (even though you have no intention of sending this attachment on)  to everyone in your address book.  It took our technical support staff over an hour to delete the virus from the C drive on my computer.   I received an e-mail with this attachment probably at least 2 mos ago & deleted it from my e-mail inbox when I was informed that the attachment contained a virus.  However, I did open it, & thus unleashed the demon.  Only this a.m. did the virus prevent me from opening my e-mail.  I received a virus warning at that point, which was the 1st time I was aware of it.  Even though I have a very recent version of a virus scanner, the scanner somehow missed this one.  

I'm told the virus won't damage any of my files.  I hope that's true for you, too, if you were unfortunate enough to open this thing.  My sincere apologies for sharing this mess with all of you.  It certainly wasn't my intention.  It sure made for a great way to start off a Monday.

Doug Easterling, Director
Institutional Planning & Research
Sinclair Community College
444 W 3rd St
Dayton, OH 45402-1460
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
phone: 937.512.2352; FAX: 937.512.2049

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