[Ti] Beware! Potential winner of Nasty File Award.

[John Griffin]

Well, anyone who installed this should be aware that indeed it is a nasty
piece of work. You should uninstall it immediately!

Here is a more recent email from McAfee about this so-called second beta
release:

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> Dear McAfee Beta Customer,
> 
> You may have seen, recently, a number of messages on the Virex 7.5 List
> Server, relating to the early availability of the Beta 2 version of
> McAfee Virex 7.5.  These message also quoted a link from which the Beta
> 2 package was available. Please be aware that these messages and the
> link do not originate from McAfee. The Beta 2 version of McAfee Virex
> 7.5 was and is not authorized for release at this time and, as such, is
> not licensed and not supported. Any use would constitute an infringement
> of copyright law and could lead to damage claims and criminal
> prosecution.
> 
> The Beta 2 package has now been deleted from our web servers and, if you
> have already downloaded this package, we request that you delete this
> package and await the authorized version release. Please do not use,
> install, publish or distribute the Beta 2 Version of McAfee Virex 7.5
> 
> An official release of McAfee Virex 7.5 Beta 2 will be made available as
> soon as possible.
> 
> We apologise for this error and any inconvenience or confusion that it
> may have caused
> 
> The McAfee Virex Beta Team

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F. Mortes typed this message on 7/20/04 3:32 AM:

> On Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004, at 06:47 Europe/Madrid, Paul Russell wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> I just received this; purportedly from MacAfee. It is an invitation
>>> to me
>>> and a restricted few others to download a new beta copy of Virex.
>>> Here it
>>> is. Keep an eye open for it and if I were you, don't touch it with a
>>> 10
>>> Meter pole!
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> I'll probably regret saying this, but it looks legit to me.
> 
> Ditto. I've actually downloaded and installed this new Virex beta and
> it seems to work quite well, albeit veeeryyy sloooowly.
> 
> Francesc in Catalonia