[DM-MUG] virus warning from my ISP

[Ruth M.F. Tucker]

I think this is a spam mailing which may contain a virus.  I received a
similar message from supposedly my IPS provider.  I forwarded it to them,
and their reply was that it was  probably a virus message, that they never
sent email to their clients asking for a passwood, and with a generic
greeting.  Their advice was to not attempt to open the attachment and delete
the message.

I would suggests always contacting your IPS to be sure the message is
legitimate.

Ruth

> From: Bill Smith <bsmith@totacc.com>
> Reply-To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 21:23:05 -0500
> To: dmmug@dmmug.org
> Subject: [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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