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Virus Alert subject line: New Photos from my party!

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Farm Gal

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text reads:
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>Hello!
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> My party... It was absolutely amazing!
> I have attached my web page with new photos!
> If you can please make color prints of my photos. Thanks!
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Aparently it reads the names of other recipients e-mails in your in box... as the person who sent it to me (a friend of my mothers) while known by me has never corresponded

Many folks take a peek at the file as it appears to be from a trusted sender, and appears to bear the name of www.myparty.yahoo.com
the attachment is a virus!
see story at
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...party_worm_dc_3

It apparently is trashing some European and corporate computers.
 
I've recieved two copies of this today. I don't open any attatchments unless the sender has notified me ahead of time they are sending me an attatchment.
 
Usually, if I can't recognize the sender, I delete it without opening.
 
That's what is sneaky about this one: the sender is usally someone you do know, and the subject line in the attachement reading 'www.yahoo' it looks legit.

I got two copies 12 minutes apart.
 
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