[Winona Online Democracy]
No need for Craig to check . . . the email that
Phil and Mary Jean are referring to does contain a malicious worm (virus) and is
NOT from mnforum.org. This is actually the same exact email message that
was sent to the list on February 27th that I responded to with a message warning
people about.
This particular virus/email is currently widely
circulating around the internet and is known as the "Beagle" or "Bagel" virus.
For those interested in the details, you can visit the Symantec Security
Response website at:
To reiterate what Phil said:
1. Everyone should install anti-virus software on
their computers and make sure to keep the virus definitions
current.
2. You should never ever open an attachment that
you were not expecting -- even if it appears to be from someone you know.
If you think a friend or acquaintance sent you a document to read or program to
run, you should send an email back to check with them first before opening
it. This is because it is very common for viruses to be spread by appearing
to come from people you know when they were actually sent by someone
else.
-Steve Kranz
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2004 9:12
AM
Subject: Fw: [Winona] antivirus
software
[Winona Online Democracy]
I agree with Phil that none of us should open
this even though the sender seems legit. I'd like Craig to check this
our with the e-democracy folks for us. Craig?
Kathy
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 3:35 PM
Subject: RE: [Winona] antivirus software
[Winona Online Democracy]
I
wouldn't open anything from someplace you don't know - especially if they ask
you to open an attachment. Sounds very fishy to me. There are
a lot of these very "real" looking e-mail messages going around. You
should have a virus protection software program on your own computer (McAfee,
Norton, etc.) and then you can ignore anything like this that someone
sends.
-
Phil Carlson, Mpls
Is this an e-mail I should
open?
Quote:
Dear user of "Mnforum.org" mailing system, Our
antivirus software has detected a large ammount of
viruses outgoing from your email account, you may
use our free anti-virus tool to clean up your
computer software. For details see the attach. For
security reasons attached file is password protected. The
password is "61764". Kind regards, The
Mnforum.org
team
http://www.mnforum.orgI am not aware of any viruses, and need
advice about opening this.
Mary Jean Kinzie
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