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Virus alert
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Virus alert
- From: "Will Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>
- Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 16:41:01 -0400
- Delivered-to: pardo@metalab.unc.edu
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
Warning - a new virus has successfully exploited a security hole in the
majordomo program that runs Carolinabirds and sent itself out to the
group -- once just now and twice last Thursday. I've just seen these
in the carolinabirds-digest -- I'm not sure if they got distributed to
everyone. The versions in the digest are relatively harmless, since
you'd have to decode them to run the attached viruses.
These are the subject lines of the messages that have gotten through:
Net Security Update
Failure Letter
Latest Security Update
If you receive one, delete it without running the attached virus and
there should be no problem. In general never open attachments that
you're not expecting. If you're worried about viruses, avoid using
Microsoft products, especially Outlook and Outlook Express -- there's
absolutely no reason you need to use these programs - there are many
better and safer alternatives available for free.
I've tried to contact the majordomo-owner about the problem, but he
seems to be away from the office this week. Sorry for the
inconvenience!
Will
carolinabirds-owner@duke.edu
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Charles W. "Will" Cook w 919-660-7423
http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook cwcook@duke.edu
Box 90340, Biology Dept., Duke Univ., Durham, NC 27708