[DM-MUG] virus warning from my ISP

[Ray Bowler]

Do not open!!! Only open attachments from known sources you trust. 
Your ISP would never send this kind of thing to you. If they would 
then change ISPs. Call your ISP or go to their site and check this 
out. Someone is probably trying to get you to open the attachment and 
reveal information (your email account password?) or unload a worm or 
Trojan Horse on you.  I am aware of only one virus in the past for OS 
8 or 9 which was thwarted by a setting in your CD player software. 
The one for OS X is theoretical. The Virex which you have from your 
.Mac account is probably all you would need even if it were real(if 
you keep the definitions update). Remember you have a Mac not a PC. 
Let the PC people take a hit on this one.

At 9:23 PM -0500 on 4/29/04, Bill Smith wrote about [DM-MUG] virus 
warning from my ISP:
>I received the following message from my ISP:
>We warn you about some attacks on your e-mail account. Your computer 
>may contain viruses, in order to keep your computer and e-mail 
>account safe,
>please, follow the instructions.
>
>There is then an attachment to open and a security password to open 
>the attachment.
>
>Question: Do I really care inasmuch as I subscribe to .Mac and 
>already have that virus protection in place? I did initially try to 
>open the attachment, but got message I needed to upgrade to Stuffit 
>Expander 7.03, with a query if I wanted to download it. At that 
>point I canceled, and decided to query my dmmug group. -- Smith
>
>
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Ray

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