At 10:46 AM 1/22/2003, John Rodgers wrote:
>It's a virus! I got a pps attachment , and my son got one as well.
>Delete that sucker!!!

It could be a virus -- but .pps is the standard extension for  a Microsoft
PowerPoint slideshow file.

>There are viruses out there that get into the address book, create an
>e-mail and send it out.

Or dozens, or hundreds...

>  It appears that it came from someone you know,
>but in fact it is the virus doing its thing to perpetuate itself and
>spread.

Could be indeed..

>  If you don't know who it came from, or don't have a personal
>confirmation from the sender, DO NOT OPEN IT. It will enter your machine
>and create havoc!!!

Good advice really.  Any unknown/unexpected email attachment should be
treated with powerful suspicion verging on the paranoid.

david

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