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From: "susan szewczyk" <>
Subject: [GenChat-L] Fw: Tree.exe download
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1998 11:46:13 -0500


-----Original Message-----
From: Dana G Cobb <>
To: George Parslow <>
Cc: Paul Dionne <>; Andy/Ronny Vacchiano
<>; Lloyd Thompson <>; Betty
McDermott <>; Linda Alexander <>;
peter j butt <>; Susan D Szewczyk
<>; Michael J Russo <>; david gowen
<>; john s. clarke <>; stephanie & travis
rushton <>; Tom Filieo <>; steve
freeman <>; shirley a strout <>; ROGER BURT
<>
Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: Tree.exe download

>
>I received this note back from one of my friends who I forwarded this
>"TREE" message to...READ the message an act accordingly... sorry for
>any inconvenience DANA
>> From: Regina Ketcheson <>
>> To:
>> Subject: Fw: Fw: Re: Tree.exe download
>> Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 2:58 PM
>>
>> Dana - I got this message from a friend at the University of AZ - I think
>> it's the same tree you sent - Not sure if there is any validity or not -
>> but thought you should know. Just scroll down - there are several
>> messages - but they tell a story.
>>
>> My best you and Terry! Regina
>>
>>
>> Hi Everyone......just got this message from my brother, so thought I'd
>> pass it
>> on for those of you who have downloaded it.
>>
>> Re: tree.exe file
>> Date: 98-12-21 20:33:52 EST
>> From: (David Tyler)
>> To: (karen tyler), (pat green),
>> (connie meyers), (nancy tyler)
>>
>> Karen, Patty, Connie, Nancy - a message has been handed (not printed)
>> around, and I just received it tonight when I got in. "To everyone who
>> received the tree.exe program, I just confirmed this with our IT folks
>> and it was also in a public announcement. Our IT guys said it was a new
>> virus that was caged in the executable file. Since it was a new virus,
>> existing virus scans don't pick it up. If you were sent the Christmas
>> tree graphic that lets your put ornaments on the tree, please follow
>> these instructions: the file reportedly contains a virus which will
>> start causing trouble on Dec.26th. If you have this file (called
>> tree.exe) please delete it. Please pass it on to your mailing lists. It
>> seems that everyone has received this Christmas tree file."
>>
>> I deleted it (better safe than sorry). Just thought I'd pass this on.
>>
>>
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>> To: karen tyler <>, pat green <>,
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>> Subject: tree.exe file
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