# WARNING! READ THIS IMMEDIATELY! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602 "2000-12-14T20:18:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/1 "2000-12-14T20:18:36Z")
WARNING! READ THIS IMMEDIATELY! Just a few short hours ago we banned **Jack Dean Tyler**. I’m not going to go into the reasons right now, but you all need to know this. Jack has since seen fit to send e-mail to all of the moderators and administrators with a virus attached to it. If you receive mail from him, **do not open** it. The address he sent this from is “Jack Tyler [jdt123@earthlink.net].” He may have other accounts elsewhere, be careful when opening any e-mail from unknown sources. The virus he sent was identified by Manhattan as “The virus WScript.KakWorm was detected in an Internet transmission using the BINARY protocol.” Please be careful, folks and now would be a damned good time to get an update of your virus definition file from whatever source you use. Thank you, UncleBeer, for the SDMB ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/2 "2000-12-14T20:30:12Z")
What a Jack–Ass! (Jack Dean Tyler that is…not UncleBeer) ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/3 "2000-12-14T20:34:55Z")
bump What a … never mind, he might be lurking! ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/4 "2000-12-14T20:53:00Z")
bump (on the road to becoming a regular…) ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/5 "2000-12-14T20:54:59Z")
UncleBeer, hope you don’t mind a gratuitous “bump”… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/6 "2000-12-14T20:57:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*be careful when opening any e-mail from unknown sources. > \*\* First, I wanna thank \*\*UncleBeer for the heads up. Second, as a computer tech, I just want to remind everyone that you should ALWAYS be wary of mail from unknown sources. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/7 "2000-12-14T21:07:44Z")
Bump! Thanks for the warning, **UncleBeer**. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/8 "2000-12-14T21:08:05Z")
And third, I want to let everyone know I will be working on my bolding skills. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/9 "2000-12-14T21:15:46Z")
Thanks for heads up, **Unc**! ---
**Author:** ![Kricket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f14d63/32.png) [@Kricket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kricket)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/10 "2000-12-14T21:19:32Z")
Here is a bump for the thread and a pat on the butt, I mean back, for Uncle Beer. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/11 "2000-12-14T21:20:17Z")
Oops! That should read: Thanks for the heads up, **Unc**! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/12 "2000-12-14T21:23:49Z")
::swooon:; oh, I just love it when he’s so masterful… thanks for the heads up! (glad I never bothered with him) ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/13 "2000-12-14T21:28:28Z")
This could be a coincidence. I mean, stranger things have happened. Nah. He’s a wank. Good riddance to bad garbage. ---
**Author:** ![starfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/14 "2000-12-14T21:31:16Z")
bump ---
**Author:** ![c\_goat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@c\_goat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/c_goat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/15 "2000-12-14T21:32:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > **Second, as a computer tech, I just want to remind everyone that you should ALWAYS be wary of mail from unknown sources.** And also be wary of multiple emails from different people that you know with the same subject. ---
**Author:** ![Peta\_Tzunami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b487fb/32.png) [@Peta\_Tzunami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peta_Tzunami)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/16 "2000-12-14T21:35:46Z")
Since this seems to be an apart retaliation and deliberate distribution of a virus, may I suggest–if you haven’t already–emailing Earthlink. I would imagine that intentionally spreading a virus is a violation of TOS. ---
**Author:** ![romanticide](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@romanticide](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romanticide)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/17 "2000-12-14T21:39:15Z")
I know for a fact that Earthlink will cut off his account and do a perm ban on any credit cards in his name from ever starting an account again. Taken from their site: "EarthLink requests that anyone who believes that there is a violation of this AUP direct the information to Director-Abuse Department, at: [abuse@earthlink.net](mailto:abuse@earthlink.net). If available, please provide the following information: -The IP address used to commit the alleged violation -The date and time of the alleged violation, including the time zone or offset from GMT -Evidence of the alleged violation -Email with full header information provides all of the above, as do syslog files. Other situations will require different methods of providing the above information." Don’t let this guy get away with it, they may even prosecute him (seeings how he broke the law and all). ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/18 "2000-12-14T21:46:28Z")
bumpity bump bump ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/19 "2000-12-14T21:55:27Z")
baBump. This is kinda therapeutic. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2000, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602/20 "2000-12-14T22:24:55Z")
After I’ve cooled off a bit and re-read my OP, it appears that I’ve accused Jack of purposely sending this virus. That’s would be an unfair assumption on my part and I regret that. I do not actually know whether he’s done this on purpose or not. Apparently, this virus is currently enjoying a rather wide distribution. See: [http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/) and specifically, [http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.html) Symantec also has a removal tool for this virus available for download here: [http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.fix.html](http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/wscript.kakworm.fix.html) Thanks go to Alphagene and TubaDiva for the quick research. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warning-read-this-immediately/45602.md?page=2)