As Dr. Eibefung noted, the "Myparty" virus is real, but not a threat to
anyone who follows the golden rule of safe computing:

NEVER OPEN AN ATTACHMENT UNLESS YOU WERE EXPECTING IT or CONFIRM IT FIRST
with the sender.  If people would follow this one simple piece of advice,
most viruses would never spread, period.

Our campus version of Norton Antivirus will detect and render the attachment
in "MyParty" harmless (although new variations could possibly fool it), but
so long as you follow the golden rule above, you have nothing to fear from
this or most other viruses.  If you get a suspect message, delete it.  When
in doubt, please don't spread virus warnings to all your friends (often they
are hoaxes).  Instead, call the Help Desk at 755-4000 and let us verify it
for you.

   --Rodger Ling

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yigal Levin [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 2:35 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [UTCSTAFF] Fwd: VIRUS ALERT (fwd)
>
>
> I have received both the said message, but without the
> attachment (twice!)
> and the warning. It seems like my computer (either Norton or
> even Eudora)
> filtered out the attachment, but I did not get any notification of it.
>
> Help-Desk, what's the "official" word?
>
>
> At 02:14 PM 1/29/02 -0500, Aniekan Ebiefung wrote:
> >The following might be credible coming from a university help desk.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 14:36:18 -0600 (CST)
> >>From: [log in to unmask]
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: VIRUS ALERT
> >>
> >>OIT is currently trying to get a new virus outbreak under
> control.  The
> >>virus is called My Party and is sent via email with
> attachment.  The body
> >>of the message says, "My Party... It was absolutely
> amazing! (etc)" and
> >>claims to have pictures.  The attachment looks like a web address
> >>"www.myparty.yahoo.com", but is really a virus program.  DELETE THIS
> >>MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY-- DON'T OPEN THE ATTACHMENT.
> >>
> >>For more information, call the OIT helpdesk at x5888
> >>
> >>-------------------------------
> >>For more information, contact the OIT Helpdesk @ x5888
> >>or email [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
> >    Aniekan Ebiefung, Ph.D.
> >    Univ. of Chattanooga Foundation Professor
> >    Department of Mathematics,  University of
> >Tennessee
> >   Chattanooga, TN 37403
> >   Ph:423-755-4697; Fax:-755-4586
> >   Project: http://www.utc.edu/~thecmath
> >
> >African Proverb: If there is no enemy within, the enemy
> outside can do us
> >no harm.
> >888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
> >
> Dr. Yigal Levin
> Dept. of Philosophy and Religion
> University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
> 615 McCallie Avenue
> Chattanooga TN 37403-2598
> U.S.A.
>