NOT! (WAS: "VIRUS WARNING!!! Don't visit Scott Wiper's pages")

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From: Melvin Klassen
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 00:00

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On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 02:55:53, Matt Byrd <matt_byrd@yahoo.com> wrote:

> WARNING A VISIT TO THIS URL on SCOTT WIPER's PAGE
> WILL ATTEMPT TO LOAD A FILE CALLED process.exe onto
> your harddrive. My Norton Antivirus through up all sorts of flags!!
> http://www.travel-net.com/~swiper/feedback.html

View the HTML-source, to see:

<form 
action=http://www.321Website.com/members/home/data/swiper/process.exe 
method=POST>
<input type=hidden name=url 
value="http://www.travel-net.com/~swiper/thankyou.html">
<input type=hidden name=username value="swiper">
<input type=hidden name=req_email value="swiper@travel-net.com">

IMHO, Norton AV has issued a "false-alarm".

When you "submit" the form, it runs 'PROCESS.EXE' on the WEB-SERVER 
computer, and sends HTML to your computer.  No more, no less.

((posted and mailed))

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Subject: NOT! (WAS: "VIRUS WARNING!!! Don't visit Scott Wiper's pages")
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