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Re: Virus alert



I've received a slew of these suckers and have been forwarding them to
RoadRunner's security division. Glad to know where some of my spam
originated from. Thanks for the heads-up.

Regards,

Randy Dunson
Hillsborough  NC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Cook" <cwcook@duke.edu>
To: <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:41 PM
Subject: Virus alert


> 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
>
> -- 
> 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
>
>