| Thanks Steve: | | Think I got the same email from "Evergreen PCB" I deleted it without thinking. maybe a good thing. | | Wayne
Hi ya' Wayne!
I just found out who sent the virus, the answer was as close as the TechNet archives. I pasted an email from he slimeball below. Why he's sending out viruses out to people on the TechNet and SMTNET is beyond me. But if you do business with this company you might consider doing business with someone else.
The email address on the September 1997 email from the TechNet archives that I pasted below, is PRECISELY the same email address that sent me the virus, along with the name eddy. I am not making any of this up, and I still do have a copy of his email with the virus attached to it...I haven't downloaded it is all.
I replied to his original email with the virus in language that I would not print here, so he knows exactly how I feel. But I thought most of you would be interested in what I found...by the way, I found this by going to www.dogpile.com and typing in: evergreen pcb. Pretty darn good search engine!
If is sounds like I'm being a little too vengeful, I don't think so. Not to long ago I just dealt with all of our computers at work being infected with the LaRouxe virus (affects Excel), it came in on a disk that had a B.O.M. from one of our customers. A good lesson, ALWAYS scan any disk you put in your 'pooters whether they're from a customer or not...and update your antivirus software often. These 'friggen hackers come up with new viruses daily.
It was a real pain in the butt because we had the computer back in the stockroom, the receptionists computer, and shipping, that got infected and they don't have a modem. The version of Norton that was on them didn't detect the LaRoux virus.. you needed to have the latest and greatest virus definition which was only available in an online update. So when we first discovered the infection on one of our computers, everybody scanned. Some detected it, some didn't. But unfortunately, we didn't key in on the different version Norton thing 'till we kept seeing the updated computers detecting Laroux time and time again.
Viruses are nothing but destructive. Anybody that I can nail who sends this crap out deserves as much punishment as possible in my book... especially seeing how much of all of our lives depend on error free computing.
-Steve Gregory-
From: Eddy[SMTP:evcons@ms3.hinet.net] Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 1997 9:58 AM To: Tucker, Steve (KS) Subject: EVERGREEN PCB
Dear Mr. Steve (KS) Tucker, Evergreen PCB, locate in Taiwan, is professional PCB Manufacturer with many years of Experiences in PCB FIELD .We do provide the most reliable PCB. OUR RELIABLE QUALITY AND LOW PRICE WILL MAKE YOUR PRODUCTS MORE COMPETITIVE. COMMERCIAL TO IPC STANDARDS,UL APPROVED
Evergreen PCB NUMBER OF LAYER: 4~6 LAYERS ~ SINGLE SIDE UP TO 10LAYERS MIN. INNER LAYER THICKNESS: 0.016ins MIN. FINISH HOLE SIDES: 0.014ins MIN. LINE WIDTH/SPACING: 0.004* MIN. SMD PITCH: 0.018 Min. THICKNESS TOLERANCE: +/- 0.003* MAX. PANEL SIZE: 24x22ins Electrical test Voltage: 250V GOLD PLATING(ENTIRE BOARD): >5 GOLD PLATING (EDGE CONNECTORS): UP TO 50 MAX. MONTHLY PRODUCTS: 300,000sf FOR ODM OR OEM PLEASE CONTACT US Best regards, Eddy Chen EVERGREEN HITECH CONSULTANTS LTD. TEL:886-2-7667722 FAX:886-2-7630734 E-MAIL: mailto:evcons@ms3.hinet.net 7th Fl., No. 35, Lane 13, KWAN FU SOUTH ROAD, TAIPEI, TAIWAN http://www.asiansources.com/evhitech.co
(Steve.Tucker@ALLIEDSIGNAL.COM) Tue, 9 Sep 1997 11:52:15 -0700 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ] Next message: Jeff McGlaughlin: "[TECHNET] FW: EVERGREEN PCB -Reply" Previous message: Aric J Parr: "Re: [TECHNET] ASSY: PARTS SOLDERABILITY" Next in thread: David Tyler: "Re: [TECHNET] FW: EVERGREEN PCB"
Hello Technet, I am certain that I am not the only one in the group to have gotten a message from Mr. Chen, nor am I the only one that is disturbed by solicitors using this forum to gather names. I believe Mr. Chen sent an advertisement to all of technet recently. Are there any suggested actions that could be taken to prevent this very useful forum from being overrun by telemarketers?
Regards, Steve Tucker
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