# A new virus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-virus/112877 "2002-06-07T19:04:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-virus/112877/1 "2002-06-07T19:04:14Z")
Is there a new virus out there called W32/Magistr.b@MM? I check out Snopes but it’s not in there, and I’ve gotten several nonsensical messages with that supposed virus, containing text like: This was following FRI’’s ““limiited attendance meetings”” held at both Loachapoka and Notasulga. I had not been invited to attend either of these meetings.) The sentiment at this meeting was overwhelmingly against the quarry. I did not talk to the Mayor directly, but over heard her, following the meeting, make the comment that ““there goes the railroad crossing. And one line about her sick daughter in another etc. They’ve all been from the same person, [hoovesofthunder@earthlink.net](mailto:hoovesofthunder@earthlink.net) My email service quarantines potential viruses so I can look at them without getting infected, and it says that all of these are potential viruses. Anyone know anything? ---
**Author:** ![Natural-J-Bankie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/59ef9b/32.png) [@Natural-J-Bankie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Natural-J-Bankie)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2002, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-new-virus/112877/2 "2002-06-07T19:26:13Z")
I think it is a real virus. Check [www.mcafee.com](http://www.mcafee.com) or another anti-virus website. AFAIK, snopes will not have information about viruses, but rather about virus hoaxes. So if you see it on snopes it’s most likely not a virus.