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Subject: Re: Virus

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 08:12:08 12/02/99

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On December 02, 1999 at 10:34:17, Eugenio Castillo wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>today at 12:02 i have receive an email from somebody well known in this chess
>circle. The email has an attached .exe file with some zipped interesting docs.
>
>Executing it gives an error and it DESTROY all my .C and .H files of my hardisk.
>No one of my antivirus detect anything. I have test it in another computer and
>it do the same.
>
>Naturally I've copies of all my works, but i suposse I need to format my PC.
>
>I have send an email to the person who write me the message to confirmate it.
>I'm still waiting answer.
>
>If this wasn't an accident I can think more than one of us can receive it too,
>be ware.
>
>Eugenio Castillo.

Not that I'm trying to raise suspicians but I'm very curious about who sent the
email to you.  And also does the name on the email match up with the email
address that you know that person to have?  In other words, was it someone
useing that persons name but actually sending the email from a different address
in some odd attempt to mess up your computer.

_And_, was this a file you asked for?  Did you know that this file was going to
be arriving at your email?

BTW, your program Eugen is a very good program, it plays a great game, very
strong.  Thanks for putting it out, I'd like to see version 7.6 available at
more download locations.

Pete



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