Fw: Address Book Protection

[vmehra <vmehra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "vmehra" <vmehra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rafink@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 10:22 PM
Subject: Re: Address Book Protection


> Hi,
> That is exactly why the virus could not have gotten hold of any messages
or
> names in the address book folder. I downloaded the latest IE about a week
> before I got the virus. SO for about a week, if not more there were no
mails
> in the inbox, except about 20 or so and nothing in the address book.
> I lost all my folders in the update process and that is why I was more
> shocked to learn that the virus at random choses sites on the net to go to
> and not ones that are there in your add folder necessarily.
> Take care
> Lavanya
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert A. Fink, M. D." <rafink@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "vmehra" <vmehra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Parkinson's Information Exchange
> Network" <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 3:09 AM
> Subject: Re: Address Book Protection
>
>
> > Date sent:      Mon, 6 May 2002 21:06:36 +0530
> > Send reply to:  Parkinson's Information Exchange Network
> > <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > From:           vmehra <vmehra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject:        Re: Address Book Protection
> > To:             PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > > I had about 300 mails saved in there. All of the stuff that Murray
> > > sends......none of his mails were ever deleted. Plus names of some
> > > books that people post etc. All of that was in the inbox and all of
> > > that gone when I updated. Doug and Karyn tried to help me get the
> > > things back but didnt find it. Take care Lavanya ----
> >
> > And that is *exactly* why your contracting of the virus was such a
> > disaster.  The virus grabs hold of messages saved in your inbox and
> > sends them out to the contents of your address book.
> >
> > DO NOT leave any messages in your inbox after reading them.  Delete
> > the ones that you do not wish to save; and place the ones that you
> > wish to save into a specific folder created for such.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > **********************************************
> > Robert A. Fink, M. D., F.A.C.S., P. C.
> > 2500 Milvia Street  Suite 222
> > Berkeley, California  94704-2636
> > Telephone:  510-849-2555   FAX:  510-849-2557
> > WWW:  
> >
> > mailto:rafink@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > "Ex Tristitia Virtus"
> >
> > *********************************************
> >
> >
> >
>

----------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn