SYDNEY, Australia (27 Nov 2000) -- Months after the love bug virus first surfaced, PADI Asia Pacific inadvertently sent the latest version to companies and organizations throughout the Asia Pacific dive industry. PADI's marketing department in Australia received the virus from a dive equipment company. The email contained no message, only an attachment entitled "Joke" with the same .vbs file extension found on the original love bug virus. Once activated, the virus is designed to destroy .jpg photo files and unless an infected computer is immediately taken off-line, the virus invades email software such as Outlook Express and sends itself to everyone contained in the recipient's address files. After PADI opened the virus, their .jpg files were destroyed and the virus sent itself to recipients of PADI press releases throughout Australasia where other files were destroyed. | | How to Avoid Viruses The following general rules will help to ensure that you do not become a victim of a virus: - Update your anti-virus software often (at least weekly)
- Never open attachment-only emails
- When in doubt, open attachments in web-based email clients such as Hotmail, which feature anti-virus scanning.
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