virus reminder

[Avery Todd]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for all your help with this kind of stuff. That's why I update my
virus definitions every week. Thanks again.

Avery

At 01:40 PM 07/23/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Pianotech readers:
>
>I have some filters on this mailing list which catch attachments that
>appear to be Windows executables (programs that Windows allows to do
>anything to your system).  I usually catch one or two virus posts a
>week that were headed out on the pianotech list.  Today I have caught
>12 so far.  So some email virus is making the rounds big time.  I just
>thought I'd drop a note out to everyone to remind you to be careful
>when you open email attachments.  Some email programs don't show you
>the suffix on the attachment, but if the suffix is something like:
>
>         .exe
>         .com
>         .scr
>         .pif
>         .lnk
>
>then you should be very suspicious of the message.
>
>The virus tries to trick you into opening the attachment by forging
>the header fields.  So the mail might appear to come from someone you
>know, or even appear to be a reply to a subject you've sent mail on.
>Sometimes the body of the message contains a short message like:
>
>         Hi! How are you
>
>         I send you this file in order to have your advice
>
>         See you later. Thanks
>
>But I've seen all sorts of tricky text like "Thought you might find
>this funny..." and so on.
>
>So watch out for these messages and I highly recommend using one of
>the many anti-virus products available.
>
>-andy