I can tell you today from experience that the e-mail with the subject line
Allhallowmass from klc27269 is not a hoax.  It is a worm/virus that effects
your hard drive and destroys it.  I know I got it yesterday on my home
computer.  McAfee did not pick it up and only notified me it was attacking
my C drive by telling me which dir files were effected and that it could not
clean or erase or quarantine them.  This one is Exploit-MIME.gen.
 This is the second time in week I have lost the hard drive.  Last Thursday
I received an e-mail at home with two of the W32 viruses and again McAfee
did not touch them.  The worst of these was W32\ELKREM.cav.c.  I was on the
phone with Microsoft for 3 and 1/2 hours Sunday cleaning that one up.  The
person at MS said it is one of the worst.
 Many of these have been hoaxes and I can tell you these are not and you
don't even have to open them.  Your e-mail box only needs to download as
usual to get them. A Very Unhappy, Pam Marcum

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hoye, Glenda F. (Fka Hood) [mailto:ghoye@iupui.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:01 AM
> To: HistoNet Server
> Subject: RE: subscribe
>
>
> Does anyone know if the 'teddy bear' virus is real or a hoax?
> Glenda Hoye
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HistoNet Server [mailto:histonet@pathology.swmed.edu]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 8:56 AM
> To: Hoye, Glenda F. (Fka Hood)
> Subject: re: subscribe
>
>
> Your address has been added to the addresses that comprise this  Listserv
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> PLEASE SAVE THIS MESSAGE.
> It contains useful information about how to use the list and what
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> experience problems. It also includes some basic rules for email etiquette
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>
> WHAT IS A LISTSERVER?
> A list server is a computer that runs software which will receive incoming
> electronic mail (email) messages and reroute them automatically
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> almost instantaneous communication between networked computers around the
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> present number of subscribers, we are processing about 10,000 outbound
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> WHO SHOULD SUBSCRIBE?
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> immunohistochemistry, in-situ hybridization pathology, and
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> opportunities are all appropriate topics. The University asks
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> the use of its hardware and software to business purposes only (occasional
> jokes do slip through but PLEASE use restraint). Vendors and those with
> commercial interests in histology products are welcome
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> refer to product that your company produces if it is pertinent to a topic
> being discussed on the list. Unsolicited advertisements are
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> by the members and you will likely receive a number of negative
> comments if
> you overstep the boundaries. Please contact Linda Margraf at
> LMargraf@childmed.dallas.tx.us if you are not sure about the
> appropriateness
> if a message you wish to post.
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> BASIC HISTONET "NETIQUETTE"
> It is most helpful to the list members if you post your responses
> to queries
> to everyone on the list and not just as a personal reply to the
> person asking
> the question. That way duplicate messages are minimized and we
> all learn from
> each other's comments.
>
> Likewise, if you post a question and get a number of responses
> back directly
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> replies you got to Histonet.
>
> Please avoid abbreviations unless they are explained in your message. For
> example: immunohistochemistry (IHC). This list circulates to a
> wide variety of
> individuals and what seems obvious to you may have no meaning on the other
> side of the world.
>
> Please sign your letter and include your institution or affiliation and
> location. Not all email systems have headers which identify the sender.
>
> Do use the subject line to indicate the topic of your message.
>
> DON'T USE ONLY CAPITAL LETTERS -it is considered shouting.
>
> Please send questions and problems about the list directly to
> Linda Margraf at
> LMargraf@childmed.dallas.tx.us and don't circulate them to the >850
> subscribers on the list. Be careful when sending commands to the
> server to put
> the command in the SUBJECT LINE and spell it correctly.
>
> Please do not send images as attachments with your message. We
> can now post
> images at our web site (http://pathcuri1.swmed.edu). To have an
> image posted
> send it to Herb Hagler at herb.hagler@email.swmed.edu.
>
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