[DM-MUG] virus warning from my ISP

[Bryan Baker]

It's a windows email worm, this is one of the latest "behavioral 
engineering" techniques to get people to open attachments. DO NOT OPEN 
(though on a mac it probably wont hurt) I bet it ends in .pif or .scr.

On Apr 29, 2004, at 9:23 PM, Bill Smith wrote:

> 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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