I send you this file in order to have your advice

I'm putting this latest virus into the category of "most juvenile and irritating stunt of 2001." Here at THG's San Francisco office, this virus/worm/whatever the heck else you want to call it has already given us a ton of email in both English and Spanish. Luckily, we're smart (OK, say experienced) enough to avoid clicking on executable attachments to email messages even if the message looks like it's from our mother. According to Symantec , where you might want to go if you think this little worm has infected your machine, you should delete messages that have the following text:

Spanish Version:
First line: Hola como estas ?
Last line: Nos vemos pronto, gracias.

English Version:
First line: Hi! How are you?
Last line: See you later. Thanks

Between these two sentences, some of the following text may appear:

Spanish Version:
Te mando este archivo para que me des tu punto de vista
Espero me puedas ayudar con el archivo que te mando
Espero te guste este archivo que te mando
Este es el archivo con la informaci=n que me pediste

English Version:
I send you this file in order to have your advice
I hope you can help me with this file that I send
I hope you like the file that I sendo you
This is the file with the information that you ask for

Delete messages that have this text and follow the steps on Symantec's site to rid yourself of this thing. It has the potential to fill up your hard drive and send your personal files off to folks you don't know. I honestly wish that the purveyors of these little bombs would wake up and realize that they're not just throwing crap into the backyard of Corporate Amerika, but into the yards of their neighbors. Yep, we all know that computers aren't perfect, we know that it's possible to write viruses, but if you're such a computer genius, why don't you try to fix problems instead of making things harder for those of us trying to use these things to make a living? Other stories about this extremely irritating prank can be found at Overclockers.com , The Inquirer , and Share: