For everyone's benefit, sorry for the uneditted email, but you'll get the
gist.  This is from my wife's work.

best,

craig

-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Leve [mailto:lesliel@oslc.org]
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 3:01 PM
To: Craig Leve
Subject: FW: New e-mail virus - please read




>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Chuck Fee  
> Sent:	Thursday, June 26, 2003 2:51 PM
> To:	ALL USERS - WORK RELATED
> Subject:	New e-mail virus  - please read
> 
> Folks:
> 
> we're seeing evidence that a new email virus that is spreading throughout
the Internet
> has been spotted a couple times today by OSLC's early-warning system.  
> 
> So far everything is under control but please pay attention to unexpected
emails 
> and think twice before opening unexpected files. 
> 
> There is no immediate danger here as our email system is so far catching 
> and removing the virus.  However, these things often mutate quickly in the
space
> of a day or two and our virus protection may not always keep up with all
the
> different versions. 
> 
> Please be extra careful when opening emails with attachments, 
> especially if they are  .ZIP files from folks outside of OSLC.
> 
> If you get a message saying you SENT a message with a virus it is probably

> a fake. This virus will fake the From: address so an innocent person 
> (like you) may be getting blamed for someone else's  problem.
> 
> Because of past issues with rapidly spreading email viruses, our system is
> on a hair-trigger alert. We use two separate sets of filters to catch
viruses 
> and so far have been successful in keeping OSLC safe.
> 
> FYI, If you have another email account beside your OSLC account, please be
> very wary of opening emails with attachments. This new virus spreads as a
.ZIP
> file which many anti-virus programs will assume is safe. 
> 
> Please see
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/techtarget/20030626/tc_techta
rget/911988
> for more info about this specific virus. 
> 
> thanks.
> 
> --chuck and the ITS team