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Re: The "WinXP patch" apparently from helenc@mit.edu is a virus

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathan McIndoe Hunt)
Mon Apr 29 11:40:40 2002

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Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2002 11:38:28 -0400
To: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@mit.edu>, winpartners@mit.edu
From: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@MIT.EDU>
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As Bryant kindly pointed out, I meant to say you should keep your 
anti-virus software UP TO date.  The latest dat file and search engine for 
VirusScan 4.5.1 SP1 is:

DAT: 4.0.4199  25 Apr 2002
Engine: 4.1.60

Jon

At 11:12 AM 4/29/2002 -0400, Jonathan McIndoe Hunt wrote:
>Just a friendly reminder not to keep your anti-virus software up to date 
>and not run attachments that you were not expecting.
>
>For instructions on setting up VirusScan to scan email attachments see 
>http://web.mit.edu/is/help/virus/pcvirus.html.
>
>Jon
>
>______________________________________
>Jonathan M. Hunt
>Windows Platform Coordinator and
>Co-Team Leader for Software Release Team
>Information Systems
>W92-191 x3-0172


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