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From: Bill & Chris Strickland <>
Subject: vbs virus info
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 10:46:21 -0700


This valuable information was presented in this easy to use form
recently on one of the dairy goat mailing lists. It would not hurt to
turn this feature off, as a security measure, especially if you use
Explorer for e-mail. Details follow the short explanation

h wm

ps: not applicable to Macs

bcc'd to various others

-----Original Message-----

Subject: [Dist7News] Virus Warning

Hi All,
I haven't checked into these yet, but thought I would pass along the
info.
It came over my Mothers State Computer as a red alert virus warning, so
is
more than likely a couple of bad ones!
First is a email with no attachment with a file reading eojem.gpg.vbs
It
says to delete this DO NOT OPEN, and empty trash bin immediately. Second
is
an email titled US Presidents and FBI Secrets with file attached that
says
somo.bmp.vbs. It also says to dump immediately and empty trash.
I hope that these are accurate. My Mother was reading this off of her
computer as we talked so if anything is not correct and you know about
it,
please feel free to correct this!!! (my mom isn't real computer savvy!
LOL)


Vicki Townsend wrote:

> the ".vbs" stands for "visual basic script" and it is the way a lot of
>
> viruses
> are distributed these days. You can turn off the "scripting" in your
> computer (most of us don't use it - even developers) which will
> protect
> you from these sorts of problems, even if you don't have a "bug
> zapper".

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Dist7News] How to Turn off VBS Scripting
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 06:38:46 -0400
From: "Vicki Townsend"


Windows 95--

Note: Not all users of Windows 95 will have Windows Scripting Host
installed. It is available on editions of Windows 95 SR-2 and later. It
might also have been installed separately or along with Internet
Explorer
5.0 or later.

Open "My Computer"

Select "View/Options"

Click on File Types tab

Find VBScript Script File

Select Remove

Click OK


Windows 98--

Click on Start (the button on lower left of your Windows desktop).

Click on Settings

Chose Control Panel

Click on Add/Remove

Chose the Windows Setup tab

Click on Accessories to highlight it

Click on Details

Uncheck Windows Scripting Host if it is checked.

Click on OK to save any changes


Windows NT--

Open "My Computer"

Select "View/Options"

Click on File Types tab

Find VBScript Script File

Select Remove

Click OK


Windows 2000--

Open "My Computer"

Select "Tools/Folder Options"

Click on File Types tab

Find VBScript Script File

Select Delete

Click OK







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